Asus XP & Vista 64 bit drivers and support

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Although most of the dealers that specialize in modding asus notebooks know where to get the drivers for vista 64 and xp for notebooks that asus themselves say "sorry we don’t support" most of the users out there dont know how and where they can load xp onto their asus notebook that came with vista. Personally i think this is deplorable service for a company that specializes in "#1 service in the world". Other brands have all these drivers. Why not asus? Well i am not one to scream fire in a theater and i may get lynched for talking crap about Asus being a top dealer but i think the power is with the people not the dealers. It has been almost a year now from vistas launch. asus is the last to come out with all the drivers and support. to date they still don’t support xp on their notebooks while their dealers do and to date they still do not support vista 64 bit while their dealers do. I think people should be concerned about this and the fact that this asus forum is one of the most active as well as problematic forums out off all the sections on notebook review. I wish everyone happy holidays and i hope all the asus fans here get the service and support they paid for especially all the c90s users. Asus has been known to burry support for notebooks (I won’t mention which but there have been many). I feel this is very questionable to tell people “sorry we don’t support” while dealers such as my self a few others clearly do. I am not happy with the support I am receiving as a dealer at all. From the thousands of posts I read every day neither are their customers when dealing with software support. I feel it is their obligation to make xp drivers and vista 64 drivers available to all. It is a disservice to their customers to “say sorry we do not support for a year now”. I hope something is done about this soon as i am sure all their customers do to.

 

I know Asus is Taiwanese, but this is standard Chinese business practice, tend to give me a had ache when dealing with Chinese businessmen (nationals). All smiles, but the attitude is "as good as it needs to be" and they will only do something about it if it effects the bottom (very bottom) line. As I've mentioned before, if you complain to Asus sometimes they do something about it (like requesting drivers). If you wanna tick Asus off and maybe get them to get their act together, flat out tell them they're acting like Chinese (that WILL get a reaction).

Doesn't Microsoft require everyone to have both 32 and 64 bit support if they have a "Build for Vista" or "Vista Capable" sticker on them? This point could get them in hot water with M$, unless M$ is more interested in money.

Rule of thumb:
Wanna piss off a Taiwanese, tell him he's acting Chinese; wanna piss of a Korean, tell him he's acting Japanese.

 

You know i dont really know! however people should require this! when you buy a computer that is capable windows xp and vista 64 and the drivers are out there but the manufacturer refuses to provide any support that is anything but customer service.

 

Hmm... mind telling us where to download drivers for XP for the Asus notebooks? Primarily hotfixes that aren't found on windows update or acpi/sata drivers?

 

you get them from and array of places including intel.com, hp.com, and older asus models. that is the issue. there is no exact science to it. we do it here everyday so its just a headache. for the inexperienced consumer it is impossible to install xp on to their asus notebook which came with vista