[OCN] Creative's fall from glory - Page 31 - Overclock.net

dglkn · 03-31-08

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Originally Posted by gill

It will stay up the top aslong as its relevant mate, no need for a sticky imo.

Anyway, what exactly happened here (didnt read the whole of this mega thread

) From what i gather some guy was making drivers to give xp features in vista because creative wouldnt. And creative made him stop for some reason regarding him 'stealing' their tech? is that the gist? fill me in pls

yes, but the popularity of the thread was due to Newegg.com supposedly responding in the creative forums by saying they would discontinue selling their "vista-capable" products tomorrow. But the email address could've been easily faked.

There are big rebates on newegg for these cards right now, but we'll find out eventually.

gill · 03-31-08

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Originally Posted by dralb

Basically. They sent him a letter as he was offering drivers support for Vista and Creative was not. Also, thet Creative was doing this intentionally (not supporting products) with the assumption that they want you to buy new products instead of offering a driver update for existing ones. This spawned a whole movement of people bashing Creative and making it widely known that they appreciated the drivers and do not appreciate the tactics Creative is using to boost sales. . It has been a long time coming as Creative was not supporting their products.

Ahhh i see cheers.

Also it seems they did a mass ip ban cause i dont think i have ever been on the creative site (let alone forums) and im banned

so i cant read the post...Its says my foul language and abuse wont be tolerated

tehpwnerofn00bs · 03-31-08

I'm not one for shameless plugging, but I started a thread discussing viable alternatives to Creative in the Sound Cards/Audio sub-forum. Feel free to give me some advice and help out anyone else in my position.

*Duckydude* · 03-31-08

This is ridiculous, before this, everyone liked Creative for the most part and there usually wasn't that many complaints about their drivers. As of right now, their drivers for Vista are working quite well. Just because some guy from Creative said that their drivers could not be released and fixed by someone else does not mean that you should boycott their cards, return them, break them. Creative is not the best company, but they certainly don't suck, this was simply a mistake from one of their employees. Please get over this and keep enjoying your Creative sound cards

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gill · 03-31-08

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Originally Posted by dglkn

yes, but the popularity of the thread was due to Newegg.com supposedly responding in the creative forums by saying they would discontinue selling their "vista-capable" products tomorrow. But the email address could've been easily faked.

There are big rebates on newegg for these cards right now, but we'll find out eventually.

I was referring to reaper wanting THIS thread sticked. Im pretty sure this thread can stay up top without a sticky, dont you?

normanwall · 03-31-08

Yeah I think Creative has really taken the wrong approach to this. They should be paying him to improve their drivers.

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Originally Posted by h4rdcor3

Wow, i've never seen such a massive backlash against a company from so many people

Did you happen to catch the Digg HDDVD fiasco?

http://digg.com/tech_news/HD_DVD_key...digital_revolt
Sorry for going off topic

The Hundred Gunner · 03-31-08

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Originally Posted by zacbrain

thats just you. lol. its not like OH MY GOD The hundred gunner's doesnt like it. D:

Did you miss the part where I showed you a specific quote of someone who said he (or his friend, rather) had gone through three (3) zen micros? My cousin and one of my friends went through 2 of those, and I went through two (2) zen touches. Other friends have gone through other creative mp3 players as well.

That's just too many in my small circle of friends; something must be up with the quality.

dralb · 03-31-08

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Originally Posted by dglkn

yes, but the popularity of the thread was due to Newegg.com supposedly responding in the creative forums by saying they would discontinue selling their "vista-capable" products tomorrow. But the email address could've been easily faked.

There are big rebates on newegg for these cards right now, but we'll find out eventually.

No way I believe the newegg post. If they wanted to pull them, they would. A company as large as them would never publicly denounce a harware manufacturer in a form (or at all) That is not good for business. I know I would think twice about allowing my product to be sold by a company that stoops to that. I knoe they are very good to their customers, but they would (will??) remain impartial.