1 Topic by kenny

(2 replies, posted in Other)

Hey folks, I've been using these DriverPacks for quite some time now and I just recently got involved. I donated a few US bucks to the project, and I would like to contribute further by pointing out hardware not yet supported. I manage a local shop down here in Alabama, USA that processes about 100+ various computers per month, and occasionally I come across some odd hardware that isn't supported by DriverPacks. So I'd like to use this forum to post identification of said unknown hardware, along with the driver that supports it.

And remember, when all else fails... it's cheaper to give away an add-on card with included drivers than to spend 2 hours looking for a driver for some oddball piece of hardware, that is if your time is worth anything. But if you do come across that mysterious driver, let everyone else know about it.

Thanks to the developers for making my job a heck of a lot easier. I'd buy y'all a six pack if you were down here.

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2 Reply by kenny

(12 replies, posted in Software)

I have tested Windows 7 on over 10 different computers so far, including an old Compaq f500 laptop with a 1.7GHz Athlon 64x2 and 512 MB RAM, which was very fast and responsive, especially once compatible drivers were installed (even though HP did not support this model for Windows 7).

Amazingly, most of the computers which ran W7 also supported Windows XP with few (if any) problems. Although most of these computers were designed for Vista (hence the Vista COA sticker attached to the computer) they performed as expected with either XP or Windows 7, provided that the correct drivers were installed and the installation was performed from scratch, on a blank, formatted NTFS partition.

As far as Windows 7 being a "revamped version of Windows Vista" I would have to disagree. Although Vista was a disaster, Windows 7 does not have the same internal problems that were present in Vista. We service over 100 computers per month, and one of the best things we can do for a customer is to offer an upgrade to W7.

Perhaps you should not bash on something until you have thoroughly and exhaustively tested it. If you had more experience to pull from, you might find that what you hate is not as bad as you think it is.

As for Linux Driverpacks.... Slackware 13 recognized every single piece of hardware on my f500 (as did XP and W7).  You can load any driver you like using modprobe, assuming it's compiled for the right architecture. If not, you could always get the source and compile it yourself. It's a great idea, maybe you could be the first to start work on it?

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