NEWS RELEASE: AMD's hands tied with lack of mobility Vista support

Zardon · Apr 20, 2007, 06:01 PM

There have been quite a few people complaining that their AMD/ATI powered laptops will not accept "reference" drivers from the AMD/ATI website, specifically on the Driver Heaven forums. I asked AMD about their exact stance on this and Terry Makedon: AMD Manager for Software Product Management Graphics Product Group has replied with the following:

"AMD (formerly ATI) introduced the concept of Catalyst Mobility which is a generic driver that works decently for most laptops. The only way we are able to do this is through permission by a laptop manufacturer (OEM) to include their device in the Catalyst Mobility. We were the first company to provide graphics drivers for laptops to the general public, and we believe there is great value in this. At this point we only have permission from a few vendors and I personally wish more of them would let us. My suggestion is you contact your manufacturer and ask them to have your laptop included in Catalyst Mobility. As for Vista specifically we do not have permissions yet, but as soon as we do we look forward to releasing Vista drivers for laptops."
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For those of you struggling to get Vista support for mobility, fear not, because the Driver Heaven coders are currently in the process of recoding our famous XP Mobility Modder to support the Vista operating system and drivers. Keep your eyes posted on www.hardwareheaven.com

Discuss here http://www.hardwareheaven.com/mobility...ml#post1046726

Zardon · Apr 22, 2007, 01:23 PM

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Apr 20, 2007, 06:01 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	NEWS RELEASE: AMD's hands tied with lack of mobility Vista support There have been quite a few people complaining that their AMD/ATI powered laptops will not accept "reference" drivers from the AMD/ATI website, specifically on the Driver Heaven forums. I asked AMD about their exact stance on this and Terry Makedon: AMD Manager for Software Product Management Graphics Product Group has replied with the following: "AMD (formerly ATI) introduced the concept of Catalyst Mobility which is a generic driver that works decently for most laptops. The only way we are able to do this is through permission by a laptop manufacturer (OEM) to include their device in the Catalyst Mobility. We were the first company to provide graphics drivers for laptops to the general public, and we believe there is great value in this. At this point we only have permission from a few vendors and I personally wish more of them would let us. My suggestion is you contact your manufacturer and ask them to have your laptop included in Catalyst Mobility. As for Vista specifically we do not have permissions yet, but as soon as we do we look forward to releasing Vista drivers for laptops." ________________________________ For those of you struggling to get Vista support for mobility, fear not, because the Driver Heaven coders are currently in the process of recoding our famous XP Mobility Modder to support the Vista operating system and drivers. Keep your eyes posted on www.hardwareheaven.com Discuss here http://www.hardwareheaven.com/mobility...ml#post1046726 Last edited by WhO_KnOwS; Apr 20, 2007 at 06:12 PM.

Apr 22, 2007, 01:23 PM	Thread Starter #2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	http://www.hardwareheaven.com/driverhe...blic-beta.html