Certified for Windows Vista Digital Memories Demo

Games for Windows: In the Driver's Seat

Windows Vista Team Blog — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:32:18 GMT

Today's demo video is all about Games for Windows. In this video (shot using Canon's new high-def HV20

Certified for Windows Vista Networking Demo

Windows Vista Team Blog — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:58:06 GMT

Here is our second installment of the Certified for Windows Vista demo videos. Just like the Digital

re: Certified for Windows Vista Digital Memories Demo

Ben Reed — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:27:30 GMT

Here is the post on why we are using Soapbox videos in the blog posts:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2007/05/03/using-msn-soapbox-videos-in-my-blog-posts.aspx

re: Certified for Windows Vista Digital Memories Demo

hhurtta — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:22:24 GMT

How about posting the vides in some other form that doesn't require any registration in order to be looked?

re: Certified for Windows Vista Digital Memories Demo

Ben Reed — Tue, 01 May 2007 17:48:28 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion. We have done this for some of the upcoming videos. :) They were all shot on the Canon HV20 - which films in HD at 1920x1080 so it's really easy to see what’s going on. It's when we post them using SoapBox that they get compressed.

re: Certified for Windows Vista Digital Memories Demo

Bas — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:03:25 GMT

"There's the Certified for Windows Vista logo. This logo on software and devices signifies that you're gonna get a superior experience."

That's great in theory, but how do you explain the fact that Nvidia's and Creative's incredibly poor drivers have the Certified for Vista logo as well? Creative cut about 50% of the advertised functionality out of their Vista drivers, and basically slapped the "final" status on drivers that should actually been in beta. If you want to see how users are experiencing Nvidia's devices, I suggest taking a look at the issues people are having on their forums and the class action lawsuit resulting from these issues.

Clearly, the experience here is far from "Superior". I realise that none of this is Microsoft's or Vista's fault, but if the experience turns out to be so poor, why did they get the Certified logo? What value does the logo have if repulsively bad drivers like Creative's and Nvidia's Vista current drivers receive it?

I'd really appreciate a response on this, because currently, the Certified logo means that you may get poor performance and severely reduced features from your hardware. And that worries me. If the Certified logo was actually a good indicator of a superior experience, that'd be better for Microsoft, the device manufacturers, and especially for users.

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