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    Vista Home Premium and Basic

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by TheGOG, Mar 14, 2009.

  1. TheGOG

    TheGOG Notebook Geek

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    What's the difference between Vista Home Premium and Basic?
     
    TheGOG, Mar 14, 2009
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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  3. TheGOG

    TheGOG Notebook Geek

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    Is there third party software that would substitute the difference, or even better ?
     
    TheGOG, Mar 14, 2009
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    umm no. not to the same effect as Aero. if your hardware can't handle Aero, then go for basic. if i can, then go for premuim. as simple as that.
     
    wywern209, Mar 14, 2009
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  5. nizzy1115

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    No. Just get home premium. Its not like the price difference is enough to make it not worth it.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 14, 2009
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  6. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I agree with Nizzy.

    Also - aren't there other limitations in Vista Basic like only 3 open windows/programmes, etc.?

    Also: You can always set Vista Home Premium to run in a Vista Basic Theme or even the old Windows 95 theme...
     
    DetlevCM, Mar 14, 2009
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  7. swarmer

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    No, that's Starter edition. There are no such limitations in Vista Basic.
     
    swarmer, Mar 14, 2009
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    BTW, when they say...No Aero in Vista Basic doesnt mean the Vista basic theme. if you have an Aero capable GPU/WDDM drivers, then you get the Aero like theme without any transparency, flip3D or the preview windows. Other than that it looks exactly like any other version of Vista.
     
    miner, Mar 14, 2009
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  9. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    Vista Basic is pure basic OS. You have preaty much nothing on it... about XO level but with instant search, and limited to support up to 8GB of RAM.

    Vista Home Premium you have:
    - Vista 64-Bit, supports up to 16GB of RAM (128+GB RAM for the higher editions).
    - Windows Media Center.
    - Aero with transparency.
    - Flip 3D
    - Application thumbnail preview on Alt+tab and task bar
    - 32/64-bit DVD playback codec
    - Snipping tool (tool to allow you to take screenshots with several options and save them as picture (or e-mail) in several formats.
    - Tablet PC support with all it's tools
    - Additional Windows Games
    - System backup (Business and Ultimate has Complete PC backup, which does an image of your hard drive and you can put it where you want (CD's/DVD/ USB mem stick / eSATA HDD / Network drive / external USB or firewire HDD, etc..)
    - Allows you to go back in time of a file, folder, drive or even the system. Got a virus? You might be able to restore your system this way.
    - Remote desktop client
    - Windows Meeting Space
    - Network Projector support
     
    GoodBytes, Mar 16, 2009
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  10. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    You could buy Basic and combine it with Windowblinds. It has a transparency feature and combined with the Vista look it'll look like Vista Premium. Windowblinds sells for $19.99 :)

    I use Windowblinds 6 with Windows XP and it looks sweet.
     
    Rodster, Mar 16, 2009
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  11. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    Yes and slow down your system as it uses the CPU to draw. Aero (not Aero Basic) uses the GPU to render.

    And Vista Home Premium is 50$ more Canadian RETAIL... it's much cheaper if he buys it OEM. Home Basic is REALLY not worth it... I call that being ripped off.
     
    GoodBytes, Mar 16, 2009
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  12. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    Step into the year 2009. That's pure FUD. Windowblinds causes no slowdown, I wish I could say the same thing about Vista. :p
     
    Rodster, Mar 16, 2009
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  13. coolguy

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    Googling would have saved your time.
     
    coolguy, Mar 16, 2009
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    Windowblinds also requires set up, finding exactly what themes you want to try, customization, etc. It take time where Home Premium looks good out of the box. You can always do custom visual themes on Vista anyway later on.
     
    Theros123, Mar 17, 2009
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  15. Rodster

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    More FUD ! :)

    It literally takes me 3 seconds to install a new Windowblinds theme and I can uninstall it if I like. It took me 2-3 minutes to setup WB to the way I like it.
     
    Rodster, Mar 17, 2009
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    Will the OP be running more then 8GB of ram anytime soon before 7 is released? I doubt it.
     
    passive101, Mar 17, 2009
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