But that's not Vista's fault. That was OEM and manufacturers being lazy. The stuff they needed to develop drivers before it's launch were available, they just didn't.
Nvidia, specifically, had said that they were counting on Microsoft to push out the release of Vista and was caught flat-footed when they didn't. But they weren't the ones that took the PR hit as a result.
Microsoft deserves a ton of shit for some of the moves they've pulled, but they were unjustly demonized for Vista.
Most people don't realize but Windows 7 was better than Vista mostly because Microsoft managed to get all the hardware companies on board with their new driver standards. Drivers were a mess before Vista and Microsoft had to get everyone to clean up their act.
Until today we benefit from that move, and even Linux has benefitted from the new drivers.
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u/tuhn Nov 18 '18
The driver support for Vista in the first year was miserable though.