Windows XP bow out?

braveheart · 12 Apr 2007 at 15:46

here the news: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38885 & http://apcmag.com/5835/vendors_in_no_rush_to_ditch_xp_for_vista -- seem Windows XP OEM will end of this year..

gareth170 · 12 Apr 2007 at 15:53

braveheart said:
here the news: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38885 & http://apcmag.com/5835/vendors_in_no_rush_to_ditch_xp_for_vista -- seem Windows XP OEM will end of this year..

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17716223

next time do a search before making a thread..

csmager · 12 Apr 2007 at 15:54

Hardly a huge surprise. After a year of its introduction, it'd be unlikely for anyone to want a new PC preinstalled with XP.

Big business would buy PCs with no OS and install their own images (hence some still use Windows 2000 even though Windows 2000 isn't available preinstalled anymore.

NathanE · 12 Apr 2007 at 15:56

Not surprising really. Microsoft withdrew previous OSes from sale much quicker once they were superceded. Support on the other hand is a completely different matter

XP support goes on to 2012 IIRC.

Funny how the media acts like this is the first time Microsoft has withdrawn an outdated OS from sale

zetec452 · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:00

I'm sure 99% of driver issues will be sorted by then.

NathanE · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:31

Most vendors will be wrapping up their Vista driver rollout programmes by mid-Summer in fact.

csmager · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:35

NathanE said:
Most vendors will be wrapping up their Vista driver rollout programmes by mid-Summer in fact.

And if you ain't got your drivers out, you ain't going to get your hardware sold in OEM PCs.

Creative already have experienced this when Vista was first released. Their drivers didn't work, so PCs weren't sold with Creative cards as an option.

NathanE · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:58

Exactly. Sooner or later Creative will learn their lesson. They do this everytime Microsoft launches a new OS. With on-board sound being so good these days they just lost out on a lot of business too. I was touch and go myself on whether to get a X-Fi or not but I just couldn't be bothered to relive the whole SBLive! w/ XP RTM experience again!

hohum · 12 Apr 2007 at 17:06

I bought an XFI when I was using an older motherboard with onboard AC97 audio. However my newer board's Realtek HD audio is good to the point I haven't bothered reinstalling the XFI. It now sits in a box, waiting for the day that Creative release a decent driver/software package that works better than 'inferior' onboard solutions. Oh, and a driver release cycle that isn't once or twice a year if you're lucky.

IAmATeaf · 12 Apr 2007 at 17:12

So Creative aren't going to release any drivers for Vista for their older soundcards then? I have an old SBLive! that I still use in my rig, if I go to Vista I'll have to junk it?

NathanE · 12 Apr 2007 at 17:15

Creative have said they won't be releasing any SBLive! drivers for Vista. I think there might be a compatibility one provided by Microsoft but I'm not sure and even if there is don't expect games to like it too much.

csmager · 12 Apr 2007 at 17:41

NathanE said:
Creative have said they won't be releasing any SBLive! drivers for Vista. I think there might be a compatibility one provided by Microsoft but I'm not sure and even if there is don't expect games to like it too much.

From a quick google, no such luck. People have managed to bodge it though:
http://blogs.meetandplay.com/WPierce/archive/2006/10/08/Vista__Sound_Blaster_Live.aspx