to the original post...same can be applied to all new OSes
only will change the day hardware and/or software is made for theoretical OSes, and then the OSes are made after those after market applications...
don't want it don't use it...
games, apps are the same way...you do know that right? You know those apps and games that push hardware to it's limits and are geared to the next gen up to run well...
Driver support is never the responsibility of the OS, sad to see so many are not aware of that...support out of the box is a freebie the OS maker includes or when a third market decides to work with them to include it in the drivers library...
logic rules
capable pc techies can get things to work...
my hodge podge system...
canon 5000f
canon i850
canon hv20
MS live cam vx6000
saitech 8500
aiptek tablet
yada yada, might have mispelled some stuff...but it's a nice random assortment that I am able to have working with vista
I'm able to get new software, mid software, and prehistoric software to run on my Vista...sure I might use dosbox on Vista for some very old stuff...but that in itself means the OS is more than capable...just up to the user next
let the days of driver hunts on bbs and anemic text based OSes begin...not really. I like my eye candy Vista...can't wait for the day when OSes look like hollywood OSes, much like real life catches up to scifi tech...it's good people. It really is!