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Article #2432Re: Cop-out or valid for M-Audio to say they "don't support" their card running with XP MCE?
From: Mike Rivers
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:23
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:23
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On Dec 9, 9:04 pm, Doc <docsavag...@yahoo.com> 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? > Can someone clarify what the rationale behind this is? XP Media Center was a very short-lived version and M-Audio is a relatively small company. Most of their customers for products like yours are at least semi-professionals who wouldn't be caught dead using a computer running Media Center. While they may have tested the card with MC when that version of Windows was first released, they don't keep up with updates and don't now or care if Microsoft makes changes to the OS that might make the M-Audio driver incompatible. As long as you don't make any changes to your computer, your setup will continue to work as well as it does now. But if Microsoft makes an update that breaks your setup, don't expect a revised version of the M-Audio driver that accommodates that change. That's what "we don't support it" means.
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