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Article #2428Re: Cop-out or valid for M-Audio to say they "don't support" their card running with XP MCE?
From: Richard Crowley
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:57
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:57
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"geoff" wrote ... > Glennbo wrote: >> Doc wrote... >>> I had a question about my M-Audio Audiophile 2496. It's running >>> under >>> XP Media Center. M-Audio replied that they don't support any of >>> their >>> hardware with this O/S. >>> >>> The card works like a champ as far as I can tell. Their response is >>> "this doesn't mean you won't experience full functionality but we >>> don't support it". >>> >>> ?? >>> >>> Do they know whether their card works with this O/S or don't they? >> >> All that means is that they haven't officially tested it with that >> OS, so they don't guarantee any specific results if you use that >> combination. > > Maybe it also means that they know that that OS is such a can of worms > regarding compatibility becasue of it's internal tweaks, that they > really don't want to encourage their customers to use it. It does seem to be frought with these kinds of official (or unofficial) incompatibilities. The Media Center Edition is sufficiently wierd that I can't think of any reason to subject myself to such voluntary annoyance. Note that one difference with MCE (and Vista, et.al.) may also be more restrictive (and/or expensive) "compatibility certification" from Microsoft. The MCE is wierd enough, and has a small enough market share (and likely more hassle from Microsoft) that it sounds like M- Audio is practicing good business sense and I rather respect them for that.
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