Microsoft made a huge mistake

[gavind5uk]

C8 said:

gavind5uk said:
The lack of M$ rallying companies to upgrade their drivers to 64 bit for Vista 64/XP64 has being the biggest problem for upgraders imo. Having got around those i do prefer vista to xp, the sidebar alone is worth it. I'm looking forward to the improvements on media centre the most in windows 7, the rest can stay the same, i dont need an OS throwing pointless 3D menus at me.

Starting with Vista (i.e. 2 years ago) MS refused to sign drivers unless they pass WHQL for both x32 and x64.  So unless you're in the habit of using custom hardware with no signed drivers, getting drivers for x64 really isn't much of an issue anymore.  XP64 was another story entirely because it was never sold to mainsteam consumers - take a look at Dell.com or other major sites, half their PCs ship with Vista x64 these days by default - home pcs, not just business targeted machines.

 

 

Ive come across quite alot of hardware drivers and software lacking 64bit compatibility, i think it os more prevalent than you may believe, even the likes of companies like nvidia have not upgraded some of their projects.