When a Software Upgrade Renders Your Equipment Useless (Rant)

[gmgraves]

2 hours ago, ksjeff said:

It's been about 10 months since I made the original post on this thread. Thought I would share this, on the chance that it is relevant to anyone else who has an ALO Audio Island USB headphone amplifier. Since my original post I acquired a new laptop, a spec'd-out Dell XPS15 that I needed for a new career. Anyway, I had basically forgotten about my Island amp. But after I updated my machine to the Windows 10 Creator's Update, I thought I'd give it a try, since I thought I remembered reading here that this update would be supporting USB audio 2.0. Well, I plugged the Island into the USB port, and was listening to music via J.River Media Center about 90 seconds later. No drivers to install; didn't have to do anything. It was truly plug-and-play. Cool!

Gee, it only took Microsoft 15 years to get around to this. Mac users haven't had to deal with this problem since - oh, I don't know, forever?