OK, buying a new system.
Old system runs Track IR just fine.
Please tell me what I should look out for to make sure it works on my new computer?
OS= XP home? Pro?
Motherboard? USB2?
Thanks in advance.
What OS/hardware set-up do I need?
Re: What OS/hardware set-up do I need?
Hopefully NP support and sales will repond in an expedient and useful way. A bunch of us are still waiting for support to answer why our TIRs are not recognized by one system but are in others. Your question is linked to this issue in a proactive stance.
The fear is that NP support might not even know how to answer this very good question because of the diverse, manifold, ever changing combinations of motherboards, bios, OS patches, subsystems (chipsets and cards), installed software and configurations.
One way they might consider answering this question is by making a compatibility forum and have the user community post their system specs to assist potential buyers.
To avoid the chaos of free text posting of specs, this could be done in a way that organizes the user supplied information in a meaningful way.
- fill-in the system spec kind of data entry form provided at the compatiblity forum, which then posts it in a useful way.
- have the user put in the data into their login profile which then could be compiled and posted with some web based mechanism.
This would give Natural Point an invaluable marketing and support database, while at the same time attempting to help the community to help themselves. Of course, its only a guide and not a gaurantee of success - buyer beware applies as usual. But its better than no support or over generalized specs that dont help you in your next PC purchase or system design.
AV8R
[ December 19, 2003, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: AV8R ]
The fear is that NP support might not even know how to answer this very good question because of the diverse, manifold, ever changing combinations of motherboards, bios, OS patches, subsystems (chipsets and cards), installed software and configurations.
One way they might consider answering this question is by making a compatibility forum and have the user community post their system specs to assist potential buyers.
To avoid the chaos of free text posting of specs, this could be done in a way that organizes the user supplied information in a meaningful way.
- fill-in the system spec kind of data entry form provided at the compatiblity forum, which then posts it in a useful way.
- have the user put in the data into their login profile which then could be compiled and posted with some web based mechanism.
This would give Natural Point an invaluable marketing and support database, while at the same time attempting to help the community to help themselves. Of course, its only a guide and not a gaurantee of success - buyer beware applies as usual. But its better than no support or over generalized specs that dont help you in your next PC purchase or system design.
AV8R
[ December 19, 2003, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: AV8R ]