JoHklIng wrote:
> I don't mind if there's an update here or there or a small bug fix
> but if Microsoft would read some of the posts everyone has put up
> on this site, they would find out that Vista has some many flaws
> that you can't do even half the things you would in XP. For
> example many people have ipods. On some people's computers that
> are running Vista, they don't work. But here's one main
> suggestion. If Vista has to come out now for whatever reason, just
> let there be an update that allows Vista to be completely
> compatible with all of XP's software, hardware, and accessories.
> This should include all mp3 players, music players, mice and
> keybords, cameras, virus protection, and EVERYTHING else that
> worked before people go out and spend $200 on software that
> restricts them from doing these things. It makes everything easier
> if the people making the product actually thought about the
> essential things first and then all the nice extra features.
iPods are not Microsoft products - nor are most hardware devices that you
probably run Windows on/with. It is up to the vendors of those products
whether they provide drivers to interface with an OS or not. Not Microsoft.
Not the makers of the various flavors of *nix. Not Apple (well - in this
partitcular case - it is up to Apple whether or not they provide drivers for
the iPod for Vista - but you get my meaning. heh)
Since they do not control the driver issues for all the products out there -
how do you expect them to release some magic update that allows for the old
drivers - the millions of them - to function properly in their new OS. You
must be one fantastic programmer. =)
$200 eh? Must be the upgrade version.
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