Windows 7 drivers to get a makeover
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft has already said Windows 7 will retain Vista's driver model, ensuring hardware drivers written for Vista will work with the new operating system when it ships.
However, that doesn't mean Microsoft can't make big changes in other directions when it comes to handling devices.
Over the years, PC users have had an increasing number and variety of devices hanging off their machines -- which Microsoft noted isn't always handled with the greatest of elegance.
"As you get to a world where your devices are smarter and more multifunction, then you get to a world where your printer isn't just a printer, it's a printer, a scanner, a fax machine and it's a storage device," Gary Schare, director of Widows product management, said during a briefing with InternetNews.com here at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference.