the drivers waiting game..

I decided to get rid of my old 1010LT (it's currently on ebay ;-) ) but thats only really due to the drivers or lack of..so was thinking , do I wait for windows 10 to see who drops their cards into legacy... or buy a new one.
 
think I will buy an RME this time , joke being I would have bough that instead of the 1010LT but they delayed it by a year and I got fed up of waiting.
 
I have a saffire , that'll do as a stop gap I guess.. but this whole legacy thing, sure companies need to sell new cards but I hate chucking working things (like scanners etc.) to landfill.
 
all of us have must at least of got rid of 1 thing that worked perfectly fine , except for drivers
 

My FireStudio 2626 runs my entire studio.  26 inputs AND outputs (including s/pdif). A/B/Surround monitor switching. Nice big remote volume knob. More headphone channels, in stereo, than I can possibly use (I can rig up 8). Built in or remote talkback. All inputs on front panel for easy access. Switchable PC sound monitoring. Direct input monitoring/routing to any headphone channel.  Audio mute/dim.  Mono/stereo switchable for monitors.  Drivers frozen at Win7 !!!!
 
If I want to upgrade my studio PC from Win7 I have to effectively rip out my studio and start from scratch.  And I can't find any replacement that does everything the FireStudio does.  

yep it's either that or something is discontinued OR the company vanishes at short notice .e.g. NI Kore and camel audio Alchemy. I just would rather get a newish released card, so I'm not gonna get stung with no drivers within 2 years. I got tired of having the rug pulled ages ago.