Re: I want to go geek .. and VPC?

[Russ Urquhart russurquhart1@xxxxxxxx]

On Jun 1, 2007, at 6:24 AM, Robert Holmgren wrote:
> Quite odd, because H-P stickers all
> over this brand-new box proclaim that it was "built for Vista".
I had heard about a flap with users and some computer makers, where
the makers had claimed the new hardware was Vista ready, but, when
Vista finally came out, only supported Vista at the basic level.
Also a lot of people, who upgraded from XP, having been assured that
their current configurations (drivers, et al.) would continue to work
once they migrated to Vista, were rudely surprised when these
configurations stopped worked after their migration. Certainly this
was driver issues for their specific peripherals, which anyone should
be prepared for, but it is kind of a slap, after you have been
reassured of no problems. (This also happened to a guy that sits next
to me at work.)
> If FullScreen is hardware dependent under Vista, then going
> forward, as hardware increasingly adapts to Vista requirements,
> FullScreen will be less and less common out-of-the-box.
> (However, manufacturers will probably provide XP drivers for a
> long while to come.)
Due to I think a lot of the driver issues, a lot of Vista adopters
are downgrading back to XP. With a lot of large companies not
planning deployment for some time. TI has stated they will not go to
Vista, and encourage the employees not to put it on their machines.
They plan a deployment probably in the 2009 timeframe.
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> Robert Holmgren
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