Putting perspective on the "30% of Vista crashes caused by nVIDIA" reports

March 28, 2008 (Friday) | Windows Vista

A story that's echoing around the blogosphere at the moment relates to how information contained in the 158 page pack of emails released as part of the Vista Capable lawsuit indicates that during some unspecified point during 2007, 30% of Vista crashes seemed to be down to nVIDIA drivers. Back in the real world, things aren't that clear cut. It was an article written by Joel Hurska of Ars Technica that seeded the discussion pool initially. In this article, Hurska presents the details in a careful, sensible way and he's clear about what can and can't be inferred from the data available. However, the same care and attention to detail doesn't apply to other sites. For example, Engadget's Nilay Patel takes the information...