Originally Posted by ntdoc
Well since I make a living supporting Windows here is a little more information to ponder.

From here: http://www.openal.org/openal_vista.html
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EAX has become the de facto standard for real-time effects processing. It has been incorporated in hundreds of games and has become the method of choice for game developers wanting to add interactive environment effects to their titles. Some of the best selling games of all time use the EAX extensions to DirectSound 5.0 and beyond, including Warcraft3, Diablo2, World of Warcraft, Half Life, Ghost Recon, F.E.A.R. and many others. Under Windows Vista, these games will be losing the hardware support that came as standard under the previous Windows Operating Systems, and will no longer provide real-time interactive effects, making them sound empty and lifeless by comparison to the way they sound on Windows XP.

Welcome to the Creative ALchemy Project Beta Site
http://preview.creativelabs.com/alchemy/default.aspx

Some applications which use OpenAL:
http://www.openal.org/titles.html

Which Vista Edition is Right for You? (none ?)
(actually a better chart than Microsoft has on their site)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2068721,00.asp

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I haven't made EAX work on my WinXP machine ever. frown I'm going to read those links you posted. Thank you. smile


On another note, I think I noticed somewhere here that it's possible that upgrading a machine will cause Vista problems? I'm using the same machine I cobbled together back in 95. Of course every few months or so something breaks or wears out and gets replaced. The last original piece, the floppy drive, was replaced last winter. It's Win2k because my WinXP software made me call Microsoft every time I reinstalled. I'm not even sure Vista will run on this slap dash piece of equipment and I surely don't want to have to be hassled by a legally purchased and registered piece of software over hardware upgrades. I've already got 2 XP licenses I don't and wont use because the machines they were to be installed on received cpu or MB replacements. Still on 2k, don't think they will get upgraded.

Why would I buy Vista? Seems to me that it is made for pre-assembled computers purchased new from dell, not for me. I'd love to be wrong, I'd love to move to something newer than Win2k, but what I'm reading is not filling me with good feelings.

Am I wrong?

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