Unconfirmed - seems that the Intarweb has people claiming it both ways. It is confirmed that Basic does not support Aero.
----- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Joe User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Brian, > > Monday, February 25, 2008, 3:40:06 PM, you wrote: > > > To repeat what was posted before, Basic has: > > > * No Aero (the cool glassy GUI for Vista) > > * No backup to anything but local > > * No DirectX10 > > * Doesn't come with new Vista games and themes > > * Windows Vista Meeting not present > > > In other words, Vista Basic has none of the "features" that make Vista a > new > > OS and is very limited in how you can use it. And if your PC was > labeled > > "Vista Capable" you can't run full Vista on it, only the Basic version. > > > Has anyone confirmed this * No DirectX10 ??? > > > -- > Regards, > joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... > >