Than strong Vista! Windows 7 has to face the hardware crisis

It is understood that Microsoft has said that it has learned enough lessons from Vista, because many printers and other peripherals can not run on Vista. And all the hardware that Vista can run will also be able to run Windows Vista, and Vista has very good hardware support today. Even so, there is still evidence that Windows 7 will face a new round of hardware crisis before it is released.

According to BetaNews, during Microsoft's recent Microsoft WinHEC campaign, Microsoft said that more than 11% of the Vista printer driver installations reported to support Microsoft failed.

Strangely, the modem is the second highest failure rate peripheral with a failure rate close to 9%. This is followed by hardware drivers and storage. The failure rate is about 7%, the sound card failure rate is about 6%, the failure rate of other hardware is slightly higher than 4%, the number of graphics cards is 4%, and the network card is only 2%.

In this article, Mike Nash, VP of Microsoft's design and development department, hinted that the main reason for the failure of these hardware and peripherals was the increase in the number of 64-bit PCs that were put into operation. He said: "Our data shows that about 20% of US retail PCs in September were 64-bit. ”

Why is a 64-bit PC a problem? Because hardware manufacturers don't think much about 64-bit drivers when they make 64-bit computers, even if they think about them, they don't have time to improve them, so the problem is getting worse. In the irrational competition environment of "more is better", PC manufacturers began to introduce PCs with 4 GB of memory, knowing that only 64-bit Windows can make full use of this memory. And more and more 64-bit machines will be introduced in the future, and hardware problems will become more serious.

This does not mean that Windows 7 will face Vista's general hardware and peripheral issues, and that Microsoft has enough time to resolve these issues before Windows 7 is released. From my personal experience with the pre-beta version of Windows 7, it works well with my Lexmark e120 network personal laser printer. Of course, if Microsoft wants to ensure the success of Windows 7 release, there are still many similar issues to be concerned and resolved.