Drivers for "older" products?

Hi,
I have a Creative mp3 player Nomad Zen and a Live! webcam. I was stunned to see on the Vista drivers page that there is "no development planned" for Vista drivers for these products. Why is this Is this the way Creative stand behind their products Dont you have a support duty to your customers Whats the message here Buy a new Creative gadget, it will last you at least two years! What kind of a joke is this Is this even legal Can we team up here and write to the major PC magazines and consumer associations Unacceptable!
All major software and hardware manufacturers already have Vista support.

its a common problem with many hardware manufacturers... thats why Im stucked with a dual boot xp-vista myself.... I would support the vendors that developped vista drivers for (not so) old devices... canon was a good example (for printers)... microsoft itself doesnt support hardware for so long when they publish a new OS! edit : I suspect we are both living in the same (little) country "All major software and hardware manufacturers already have Vista support" :
thats not true david, but you discover this when falling into an issue... many wifi devices dont work with vista, my L*****ch "old" (2 years 50 eur) (programmable) keyboards-mouses too, and so on....
on this forum, see how long X-Fi owners had to wait to get vista drivers and software (speaking here about year old 300eur soundcards)....
but I agree with you this is a shame : we should react together as customers to finally get laws that protect us (through "Test achats" in Belgium for example)

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