What the hell is "Certified for Windows Vista" supposed to mean? If you saw this on the box of a PC product, wouldn't you be led to believe that it means "This product works fully with Windows Vista"? Imagine my fury when I find out that it merely means "It may work partially, but we'll be damned if it does everything you need it to do".
This subject is brought to you by ATI Technologies. They screwed me out of my money when I purchased a TV Tuner card that said "Certified for Windows Vista" right on the damn box! Sure, I can use Windows Media Center to watch TV, but recording is just out of the question. Media Center is the only program that can touch the card, and it does the shittiest job of recording. On top of that, I can't even switch it to accept input from my A/V cable. Vista is an intolerable piece of shit. I don't remember incompatibility issues of THIS magnitude with XP. On top of that, they resort to false advertising, making you believe it is compatible with Vista, when it really isn't. The software on the installation disc doesn't even run on Vista! ATI was such a great company, and now they're reduced to telling their customers to fuck off with their Vista problems. "Certified for Windows Vista" is a complete lie, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. What's next, poisoned candy that is "Certified to be Safe"? I guess as long as you put the word "Certified" on the package, the law won't touch it.
This post is Certified for Ultimate Orgasmic Pleasure. Remember, the law says it's the absolute truth because I used the word "Certified".
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2.) 1: I've seen countless complaints from 32-bit Vista users that the shit doesn't
work AT ALL for them either. XP drivers do not work with Vista, and XP drivers
are all they give you with the included disc. Online Vista drivers are
half-assed and don't work fully either.
2: It works perfectly fine? I suppose the DVR functionality was supposed to be
an "optional extra" that doesn't need to work? People don't buy video
capture devices just to make their computer do the same thing their TV does.
3: It's funny you should mention dual-boot, because I'm in the process of trying
to set that up right now.
"Research" isn't the issue here. The issue is that it said
"Certified for Windows Vista" RIGHT ON THE BOX. Now, what the hell is
that supposed to mean other than "This product is fully compliant with all
applications that utilize video capture in Windows Vista"? When was the
last time you bought a product "compatible with Windows XP" that you
couldn't get to work with XP? Posted by Xelger at 10:43pm on Apr/08/2008
work AT ALL for them either. XP drivers do not work with Vista, and XP drivers
are all they give you with the included disc. Online Vista drivers are
half-assed and don't work fully either.
2: It works perfectly fine? I suppose the DVR functionality was supposed to be
an "optional extra" that doesn't need to work? People don't buy video
capture devices just to make their computer do the same thing their TV does.
3: It's funny you should mention dual-boot, because I'm in the process of trying
to set that up right now.
"Research" isn't the issue here. The issue is that it said
"Certified for Windows Vista" RIGHT ON THE BOX. Now, what the hell is
that supposed to mean other than "This product is fully compliant with all
applications that utilize video capture in Windows Vista"? When was the
last time you bought a product "compatible with Windows XP" that you
couldn't get to work with XP? Posted by Xelger at 10:43pm on Apr/08/2008
3.) My point, in short, is that no product should have the word "Vista"
mentioned anywhere on it unless it is 100% functional with Vista. Otherwise, it
is blatant false advertising. If any of the features of the product listed on
the box are inaccessible, that's false advertising. Posted by Xelger at 10:46pm on Apr/08/2008
mentioned anywhere on it unless it is 100% functional with Vista. Otherwise, it
is blatant false advertising. If any of the features of the product listed on
the box are inaccessible, that's false advertising. Posted by Xelger at 10:46pm on Apr/08/2008
4.) Vista just sucks, I dont see why anybody uses it. I just have my x64 Ultimate
version for the DX10, but of course, I cant run any of the DX10 games, I have to
use the DX9 version they come with.
Vista is like a cougar at the bar. First you stay away from them, and then your
buddies start convincing you, and then you take home the cougar, and BAM. You've
had one horrible night and your stuck with AIDS. Posted by Dark_Warrior2 at 9:38am on Apr/11/2008
version for the DX10, but of course, I cant run any of the DX10 games, I have to
use the DX9 version they come with.
Vista is like a cougar at the bar. First you stay away from them, and then your
buddies start convincing you, and then you take home the cougar, and BAM. You've
had one horrible night and your stuck with AIDS. Posted by Dark_Warrior2 at 9:38am on Apr/11/2008
5.) I work for Microsoft. I love Vista. You will die for bad-mouthing Vista. Bill
Gates will kill you in your sleep!
I forgot my login info. D'oh. Posted by Stalfos at 8:23pm on Apr/12/2008
Gates will kill you in your sleep!
I forgot my login info. D'oh. Posted by Stalfos at 8:23pm on Apr/12/2008
6.) I got XP on my machine now. I can actually access all of the hardware that I
purchased now. Vista completely fails unless you want a computer with no extras
and only specific parts. At least, that's been my experience. Vista was a good
idea, but had horrible support. I can't blame Microsoft for the sloth of the
hardware vendors, though. Posted by Xelger at 9:06pm on Apr/21/2008
purchased now. Vista completely fails unless you want a computer with no extras
and only specific parts. At least, that's been my experience. Vista was a good
idea, but had horrible support. I can't blame Microsoft for the sloth of the
hardware vendors, though. Posted by Xelger at 9:06pm on Apr/21/2008
(from respected sources) did you look up prior to buying it? Also consider that
you have the super incompatible 64bit version of vista that doesn't handle the
16bit installer that's on the disk. (under 32bit vista this would not be a
problem).
What i'm getting here is that it works perfectly fine with vista, just doesnt
work as well as you'd like it to or exactly how you'd like it to.
Also, dont you already own a copy of XP? just set up a dual boot and run in xp
when you need to capture video.
That or do more research before purchasing something next time... Posted by j-man at 5:17pm on Apr/08/2008