Re: yet another reason not to buy vista...

FJG wrote:

Windows has the driver built in.

*Bzzt!* Wrong! The "built-in" Nvidia driver in Windows is an old, basic one
with little functionality. To get that card working "properly", you have
to download and install the "right" driver from Nvidia.

Windows has very few drivers that work "out of the box". To get a base
install of XP to even a basic Ubuntu level of functionality requires
several hours of work - /if/ you've got the driver disks for the
hardware...

*Game* *Over*

C

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