____/ Rex Ballard on Monday 14 January 2008 18:07 : \____
> On Jan 14, 4:25 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Vista SP1 needs new hardware
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Vista Service Pack 1 comes with an important update for gamers - DirectX
>> | 10.1.
>
> Yet another example of Microsoft's "Standards". It seems that
> Microsoft couldn't even wait until the next release of Windows, before
> corrupting their own standards with new sabotage.
>
> Is it that much of a surprise that most game machine vendors are
> sticking with Industry standard OpenGL. Is it surprising that many
> support OSS implementations such as Mesa?
>
>> The catch? You need brand new hardware to support it, and NVIDIA
>> | enthusiasts are left totally out in the cold.
>
> Which I'm sure is just causing great feelings of joy and loyalty for
> OEMs. They spend $millions to support Vista, and now Vista comes out
> with it's first service pack, and it breaks most existing systems.
>
> What is Microsoft trying to do?
>
> They claim to have sold 100 million copies of Vista, and yet they seem
> to be willing to tell those 100 million early adopters "Sorry, but the
> machine you just purchased, at a premium price, is now obsolete".
>
> Perhaps Microsoft wants to shorten the life of a PC to 1 year?
>
>> http://apcmag.com/7790/vista_sp1_needs_new_hardware
>
> Maybe this a retaliation to companies that continued to produce Linux
> friendly cards in addition to DirectX-10 cards.
Not too sure about this, but GPU makers spent a lot of extra money because
Microsoft wanted encrypted channels (DRM), which led to no good; just more
NSoDs and overworked staff. AMD is increasing the number of staff dedicated to
Linux ATM.
> It just makes me that much more determined to drop Windows and "Just
> say no to Windows".
Well, not apcmag.com. They are sponsored by Microsoft for all I know. With
loyal/shill sites like this, who needs hostile sites?
--
~~ Best of wishes
Microsoft loves competition.
"Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I’m going to fucking bury that guy, I
have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to fucking kill
Google."
--Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
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