I had driver problems with my ancient Epson scanner. I only gave $50 for it at least 4 years ago, so I feel I got my money out of it. I didn't even replace it--I just put it on a different (XP) machine.
My Promise TX2 Ultra133 card was unsupported, so I picked up a cheap Silicon Image 0680A-based card, which has had Vista64 drivers since November. I'm waiting on signed drivers for my soundcard. They should be released within a couple weeks. In the meantime, I just have to disable the signed driver requirement each boot. The biggest issue for me is the lack of a 64-bit Cisco VPN client. Even that isn't terrible, though...I used my old XP license to install inside a Virtual PC 2007 virtual machine, then I simply use the older Cisco VPN client from within that. Everything else works, I'm just hopeful that the drivers mature as newer revisions are released. Honestly, the driver situation for x64 isn't quite as bleak as the media would have you believe. Sure, there are some issues, but I wouldn't classify it as dire--and it really is getting better every week. I'm encouraged by the fact that Microsoft -requires- a 64 bit driver for Vista Logo certification. Until the middle of this year, a company may submit the x64 driver after the x86 driver, but afterwards they must be submitted simultaneously. Actually, Vista Logo certification doesn't even require an x86 driver anymore--only the x64 is required to get certified. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:09 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: RE: [H] OE ? > > That's not to say there aren't problems...VPN connectivity, the Control > >Panel redesign as you mentioned, and the driver situation (especially > in > >Vista64 like I run). I'm optimistic that these issues will be resolved > >shortly. > >Greg > > I wouldn't count on the driver issues being resolved any time > soon..... particularly so in Vista64. Maximum PC has actually warned > readers off the 64 version because of the poor driver support. They > don't even have drivers for All in Wonder cards 32bit yet and ATI may > never provide them. And I bet there are lots of scanners, printers, > and other older, but still useful, peripherals in the same boat. >
