[Wftl-lug] The everything works under Windows myth

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi

On 2/21/07, John Kerr <johneddie.kerr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Gang
>
> Here is my 2 cents CDN worth:
>
> If you are installing an OEM version of Windows on a computer that was not
> purchased with the aforementioned version of Windows you may not only be
> breaking the EULA, but you will have to go and hunt for drivers.
>

More along these same lines:

"4) *Tons of stuff is incompatible with Vista*. An acquaintance of mine got
a new PC with Vista preinstalled. Neither her scanner nor her printer had
Vista drivers ready. Both peripherals cost several hundred bucks, and now
they're essentially paperweights (though the printer, at some unforseeable
time in the future, may work again). Lots of software won't run on Vista,
either, but it's the hardware incompatibilities that are daunting. (Update:
Looks like the scanner driver's finally ready.) "

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/18085
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