   xbox 360 controllers
  Can you use a 360 controller on a computer with directx(any version), and if u can has anyone seen any articles i could read on it, ive already checked google to no avail.  I would appreciate any information.  Ty :-)   
  I believe you can only access the 360 controller using XInput and not Direct Input.  I could be totally wrong.  But that would imply you need to be using a recent version of DX that has XInput in it.;  You can currently used the WIRED 360 controllers. I think at e3 they announced a dongle tht would allow you to use the wireless ones - I don't think they are available yet.You need to use XINPUT if you want everything to work properly. e.g. set the vibration.However they will also show up as DirectInput controllers but you can't set vibration and I think some of the analog stuff shows up slighlty oddly. (off the top of my head I can't quite remember but I think its that the triggers don't show up as 2 controls but as an up/down on a single control)