On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:05:29 +1300 Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > Still thinking M$ eh, Rik? > > NO. Time-use: quickest route to GO. > > - Based on viewing some of the work done last nite, > + Tony's expressed desire to reinstall. > > hth, R Sorry to globally judge, but couldn't make it last night so missed info you had to hand. I just want people to look at the problem and try to fix it, rather than give up and start again - that's what I see as the M$ way. My experiences coming to the fore, that's all - certainly nothing personal! I know that ATI do support their hardware well, even if they don't let the rest of the world see how they do it. It looks like the rebuild option means a major leap in the development cycle - if it's not been used in anger, then get right up to date and start again! I've just had the misfortune to have to support XP 64 bit for the first time. If you remember supporting windows 3.10 on anything but mainstream hardware, then you know exactly what that was like. But we went back to Nvidia and ATI to get real drivers, unlike the support CD's that came with the cards and motherboards ( they just plain lied ), and that's running well, too. The company MCP threw his hands up in disgust and went back to his old machine, so I got a new dual boot PC out of it. Just as well, given the case I acidentally got for it (: Having done all this first hand, and knowing that the current ATI drivers are sooo much better than those from the end of last year ( just get the kernel source installed ), I recommend that you talk to ATI and get this weeks drivers! My $0.02, Steve
