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____/ Phil Da Lick! on Wednesday 28 Apr 2010 12:46 : \____
> On 28/04/2010 11:56, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz pulled this Usenet boner:
>>
>>> Where are my Windows 7 print drivers?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Many HP printers still lack drivers even
>>> | for Vista. Here's why so many printers are
>>> | abandoned with each new operating system
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/where-are-my-windows-7-print-drivers-883
>>
>> Interesting that the vendors sometimes cannot keep up with Microsoft churn.
>>
>> You'd think HP would have a pretty stock printer/scanner engine by now.
>
> They probably do - its the megabytes upon megabytes of useless,
> irrelevant crap that comes with their drivers that is the problem.
Which means that when you install drivers you must sometimes reboot, too.
>> That article prints a picture of version hell (Windows x Printer model).
>>
>> If the driver you need was not included with Windows 7, your printer is
>> not one that made that cut. Will there be a driver for it? I'm afraid I
>> can't answer that. But if you are thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 --
>> and are fond of the printers you have -- first check this list of printer
>> drivers currently available for Windows 7.
>>
>>> Microsoft???s Great Windows 7 Growth Lie
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | This isn???t hidden information, it???s in
>>> | Microsoft???s SEC filings and PR reports.
>>> | Windows Enthusiasts know that the company???s
>>> | Windows licensing revenues and profits hit
>>> | rock bottom as Vista???s failed launch was
>>> | exacerbated by a global meltdown in PC
>>> | sales during the Great Recession. Things
>>> | haven???t recovered much (and simply can???t)
>>> | because Microsoft is now selling a much
>>> | larger proportion of low cost Windows
>>> | licenses to a huge influx of cheap netbooks
>>> | rather than selling more expensive Vista/7
>>> | ???Premium??? and ???Ultimate??? licenses to high
>>> | end PC users, as the company had hoped to
>>> | do.
>>> |
>>> | Even as the PC market refuses to grow as
>>> | dramatically as it once did, the overall
>>> | market???s ability to sell expensive Windows
>>> | licensing is collapsing because the
>>> | cheapskates looking for a knockoff deal are
>>> | ending up with $300 netbooks rather than
>>> | $700 PCs. That???s leaving the entire premium
>>> | PC market to Apple.
>>> `----
>>
>> Hmmmm.
>>
>>> http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/04/26/microsofts-great-windows-7-growth-lie/
>>
>> Windows Enthusiasts, the insulating layer of blubber on Microsoft's
>> monopoly whale, are excited to see Microsoft's Q3 Windows unit
>> licensing and profits growing faster year over year than Apple's new
>> Mac shipments. They think Windows 7 is winning. But they're wrong,
>> here's why.
>>
>> Avast ye swabs, ready the 'arpoons!
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the
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