Hardware and device makers that hadn't developed drivers compatible with Windows Vista when it was released shouldn't have the same problem with Windows 7, a Microsoft product manager said Wednesday. Microsoft is building Windows 7 to ensure a high level of compatibility with Windows Vista, so device makers that invested in creating drivers for Vista won't have to rebuild them from the ground up for Windows 7, said Jeff Price, senior director, Windows product management, in an interview.

Microsoft: Moving to Windows 7 easy for device makers