Pipboy said:
I don't like the setpoint bloatware drivers. The Microsoft driver causes
no
issue on XP so I think they should get off their asses and fix it at their
end.
Doesn't it seem a little childish to say "If they won't play my way, I won't
play at all."
Why miss out on the superior Logitech drivers and software just to wait for
"Microsoft to get off their asses and fix it."
And if you're concerned about "bloat-ware", put more memory in your machine,
rather than grousing about a Logitech mouse not working as it should/would
if the Logitech drivers were installed rather than the Microsoft drivers.
Since Microsoft does not write mouse drivers for Logitech mice, why do you
expect Microsoft to "fix it"?
Microsoft writes mouse drivers for its own mice, not for others (even though
most other mice will work with the generic Microsoft mouse drivers). But
Microsoft is under no obligation to write device drivers for Logitech -- or
anyone but themselves, for that matter.
"Bloat-ware" is a word being bandied about indiscriminately nowadays, and
now means "any software which I can't use (but would like to) because my
machine is too weak", rather than "programs which use too many Windows
resources on useless tasks.", as it used to mean.
With advances in compiler technology and programming languages giving us
better memory management, and larger memory capacities giving us programs
with more options and abilities, the software we called "bloated" a few
years ago now seems small and puny in comparison. Because of this,
"bloated" should no longer be used when referencing software, in my
opinion.
. Mick