Windows really has nothing to do with it...motherboard manufacturers do. We have native SATA support now but no native support for larger video resolution or more color depth prior to the OS loading...whether it be a temporary OS like Windows Setup or Windows itself. Be patient...it will come. However, since it's really not anyones priority it may take a long time... Face it, for it to happen the OS would need to support it and the motherboard makers will need to support it...so who takes the first step? Microsoft? Yeah right! When it happens, it'll most likely be a sub-standard mobo manufacturer that it looking for some gimic to sell more mobos and they should be concentrating on quality. Sorry for the rant.