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Next Generation SSDs Delayed Due To Vista

Posted by kdawson on from the favorite-whipping-boy dept.

PoliTech notes in a journal entry that "Vista is the gift that just keeps on giving." "Speaking during SanDisk's second-quarter earnings conference call, Chairman and [CEO] Eli Harari said that Windows Vista will present a special challenge for solid state drive makers. 'As soon as you get into Vista applications in notebook and desktop, you start running into very demanding applications because Vista is not optimized for flash memory solid state disk,' he said... 'The next generation controllers need to basically compensate for Vista shortfalls,' he said. 'Unfortunately, (SSDs) performance in the Vista environment falls short of what the market really needs and that is why we need to develop the next generation, which we'll start sampling end of this year, early next year.' Harari said this challenge alone is putting SanDisk behind schedule. "We have very good internal controller technology... That said, I'd say that we are now behind because we did not fully understand, frankly, the limitations in the Vista environment.'"

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  1. Re:Pointing fingers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This sounds more like a manufacturer who can't properly develop drivers for their hardware. It's up to them to support Vista, not for Microsoft to support their hardware.

    On behalf of the users of every non-MS OS out there, I say: No, fuck you, and I hate you for even suggesting this.

  2. Re:Pointing fingers by FoolsGold · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's nice.

    There's a reason I stick wire Windows - I'm tired of being treated second-class by developers and manufacturers when it comes to software and hardware. Since I don't have time to wait for things to change, I don't really give a fuck what users of non-MS systems think.

  3. Re:Unbelievable by aXi · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    global warming will be doing this for us one of these days.

  4. Re:Unbelievable by aXi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well it is at least partially responsible for global warming, so be careful what you wish for as one day it all might come true.

  5. Dont take it personally Sandisk... by drewsup · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Vista is friends with NO ONE!

  6. BULL!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is HORSESHIT. I hate Vista as much as the well-informed next guy, but all this is is Sandisk blaming their shitty SSDs on Vista.

    Sandisk's SSDs lead from the rear on any OS. This is just them using Vista as a scapegoat.

    Blame Vista when Vista fails, but just using it to pass the blame makes Vista look better.