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Originally Posted by cyberxxx
"Cool" So why the hell someone have to install a system which "may" not be compatible with the existing hardware? Any SANE reason for such a downgrade if you surely know that XP has no such a problem at all?
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There are several reasons why XP is viewed as more "stable" than Vista right now:
-Drivers for XP have been written and rewritten from
2001.
The bugs have all been squashed years ago! Any hardware that is incompatible with XP at this point is obviously obsolete.
- Microsoft does not force manufacturers to update their drivers for new OS'es. That's Apple's policy. Get it right. Instead of recoding drivers for an entire product line, many manufacturers took the gamble and only coded for their most recent offerings. Then they dealt with recoding for other products according to support and vendor requests. The hardware game is always evolving, why would a manufacturer waste time and money coding new drivers for something when the client is most likely going to replace that device in a year or two? Think about it. Unfortunately, persons like yourself place the blame exclusively on Microsoft's lap.
Maybe to shut everyone up perhaps Microsoft should come out with its own Microsoft computer line that runs flawlessly like the ones from manufacturers who pay strict attention to following the HCL and SCL. Wait a sec, then that whole monopoly thing comes into play again...nevermind.
The fact of the matter is that many XP drivers can work with Windows Vista, but are not as stable as they should be. This is why Microsoft came out with the VUA, HCL and the SCL months in advance of the beta version of Vista. It's too bad that many techs and pc enthusiasts ignored that tool and the compatibility lists due to their own cockiness and know-it-all attitudes.
In a way, Vista shows exactly who are the techies who have become stagnant in their thinking. A tech is supposed to solve problems, not bitch about 'em to everyone in their virtual space.
In a year or two as people replace/upgrade their systems to newer parts that proper drivers have been written for, the naysayers will start seeing that Vista is better and more stable than any other end user version of Windows. You may call Vista a downgrade, but you WILL change your tune in time.