Sadly, Microsoft has nothing to do with when Acer releases their drivers.
Acer needs to complete the drivers, then if they wish, they can submit them
for WHQL certification and such. But there's nothing to prevent Acer from
doing as dozens of hardware manufacturers have already done and release
their drivers now.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
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* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
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"km" wrote in message
...
been in touch with acer support frequently, not that their support is good
at
all, but being reaffirmed several times that acer is waiting word from ms
in
order to release vista drivers. with the forthcoming vista release to vlk,
msdn and technet clients one is wondering how long ms would hold back
their
approval for the drivers? vista is nothing if the drivers are not ready...

Thanks for the sound input. Reckon you right. Acer is pretty sluggish when it
comes to drivers support. Guess they are just trying to rid any of those
vista driver issues.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Sadly, Microsoft has nothing to do with when Acer releases their drivers.
Acer needs to complete the drivers, then if they wish, they can submit them
for WHQL certification and such. But there's nothing to prevent Acer from
doing as dozens of hardware manufacturers have already done and release
their drivers now.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"km" wrote in message
...
been in touch with acer support frequently, not that their support is good
at
all, but being reaffirmed several times that acer is waiting word from ms
in
order to release vista drivers. with the forthcoming vista release to vlk,
msdn and technet clients one is wondering how long ms would hold back
their
approval for the drivers? vista is nothing if the drivers are not ready...

You're welcome.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"km" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the sound input. Reckon you right. Acer is pretty sluggish when
it
comes to drivers support. Guess they are just trying to rid any of those
vista driver issues.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Sadly, Microsoft has nothing to do with when Acer releases their drivers.
Acer needs to complete the drivers, then if they wish, they can submit
them
for WHQL certification and such. But there's nothing to prevent Acer
from
doing as dozens of hardware manufacturers have already done and release
their drivers now.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"km" wrote in message
...
been in touch with acer support frequently, not that their support is
good
at
all, but being reaffirmed several times that acer is waiting word from
ms
in
order to release vista drivers. with the forthcoming vista release to
vlk,
msdn and technet clients one is wondering how long ms would hold back
their
approval for the drivers? vista is nothing if the drivers are not
ready...

Toshiba has released beta drivers for my Tecra M5 for Vista Beta 1 then RC-2
now some of them don't work with the RTM version. so it's a waiting game for
me until they do.

a few of my sofware applications don't work either on RTM, so the move to
Vista for me may come mid 2007


"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
You're welcome.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"km" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the sound input. Reckon you right. Acer is pretty sluggish
when it
comes to drivers support. Guess they are just trying to rid any of those
vista driver issues.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Sadly, Microsoft has nothing to do with when Acer releases their
drivers.
Acer needs to complete the drivers, then if they wish, they can submit
them
for WHQL certification and such. But there's nothing to prevent Acer
from
doing as dozens of hardware manufacturers have already done and release
their drivers now.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"km" wrote in message
...
been in touch with acer support frequently, not that their support is
good
at
all, but being reaffirmed several times that acer is waiting word from
ms
in
order to release vista drivers. with the forthcoming vista release to
vlk,
msdn and technet clients one is wondering how long ms would hold back
their
approval for the drivers? vista is nothing if the drivers are not
ready...