Before you go blaming Vista troubles on MS again...

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/27/nvidia-drivers-responsible-for-nearly-30-of-vista-crashes-in-20/

 

Hmmm, thing is, why did the OS have to be so different as to require a completely different driver set for all hardware out there? What was the big change that mandated it?

The drivers between 95,98, and Millenium were pretty close to each other, and the 2000 and XP tended to be too.

I've been hearing about the NViDIA fiasco for quite a while, I can't believe the company (NVIDIA) can't get their act together.

 

I've figured it out, the ghost of 3dFX getting it's revenge!

NVIDIA bought 3dFX and shut them down to get rid of the compitition. Didn't mind aquiring their technology either.

 

Not being a techie i am a bit slow to understand things but my main thought is why did Microsoft have to make the new product so uncompatable with all the software out there or am i just being non savvy over business practice and they just want us to spend more money updating everything.

I bought Vista last year and did not like it (not problems just personal) so i went back to XP Pro and am happy with it plus no conflicts with software

 

For me it goes towards change for change's sake, or reinventing a wheel without improving it.

I'm trying to understand what the big improvements in Vista that were that required the total scrapping of previous work. So far I haven't heard any, but I'm no expert in OS's.

XP had such improvements, as did 2000, and XP built off of 2000 without totally obsoleting what had been improved on.

Drivers are pretty fundimental. You don't require the massive investments required for rewriting them without having a reason.

 

There are a lot of new core technologies in Vista that have changed the system greatly with little user-visible effect.

Perhaps the most relevant of these is the Windows Driver Display Model, which might explain NVidia's issues.

There have been A LOT of changes from XP to Vista.