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    Vista Drivers for the 5000?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by new-ferrari-owner, Oct 28, 2006.

  1. new-ferrari-owner

    new-ferrari-owner Newbie

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    Hey - Can anyone point me to vista drivers for the Ferrari 5000? The Acer website is less than helpful :confused: :confused:

    thanks !
     
    new-ferrari-owner, Oct 28, 2006
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    mach_zero Casual Observer NBR Reviewer

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    Since Vista has not been officially released I doubt you will see Vista drivers from any notebook manufacturer until January when Vista is launched. The only one I've seen offering a few beta drivers for Vista at all is Toshiba.
     
    mach_zero, Oct 28, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What drivers are you looking for. Some of the drivers for XP will work for Vista as well and some component manufacturers have Beta drivers out which should work on your system.
     
    miner, Oct 28, 2006
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    In repsonse to the 1st reply, Toshiba, Dell and HP have most of their Vista drivers available. Acer has none. Vista RTM is within a week or two, so they all should have them. The question is how to get them. btw, I emailed Acer and asked the same question. If get a response I will post it here.

    My pressing need is an updated Bluetooth driver, but at this point they should have everything available for testing purposes

    I did find this page, http://global.acer.com/support/winvista/index.htm ,but it produces a 404

    BTW, I also have a Toshiba M4 and have drivers for build 5980. Toshiba knows support very well
     
    new-ferrari-owner, Oct 28, 2006
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    oh and by the way, if you cant answer someone's question, why bother with a useless comment?
     
    new-ferrari-owner, Oct 29, 2006
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