Windows Vista Home Premium Doesn't Include Aero
November 21, 2006
As a member of the Microsoft Developer's Network - I'm privy to new releases of Vista before everyone else. I just installed it on a nice little Dell box that I've got sitting around here at the office to test our software and reached a dismaying conclusion... Windows Vista Home Premium won't support Aero. Yes, that's right. Unless you buy the Business version you won't be seeing anything better than Windows XP with some Theme Packs. Seriously... why buy Windows Vista?
Update: It's because I'm not running an nVida based machine. There aren't any decent drivers released for any IBM chipsets yet. If you've got a Dell with onboard video (read; whatever you've got in your office) don't upgrade. You'll gain nothing. I think that it's a shame that Microsoft doesn't even tell you that it won't support Aero on your machine when you run their upgrade advisor in this situation (or even after, leading me to believe that Home Basic Premium 2006 XP++ Corporate Edition Deep Fried Collaboration Synergizing Version Product doesn't support it).
Update: I've got it running on my nVidia based box quite smoothly. MMUUUUUCH nicer than RC2. Almost unimaginably nicer. Quite good. Bravo!
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