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I'm looking to upgrade to Vista on my laptop, but it doesn't have the full
pre-requisites for Aero support (only a 64mb video card). I do want an
integrated media center, but as that is really the only appeal to me of Home
Premium over Basic, will it work? I haven't found anything anywhere that
says one way or another. I asked at office depot the other day and their
answer was "I'm not sure, you could try it..." My full specs are 1.8 Ghz
Athalon XP processor, 1 Gig of RAM, 64mb Radeon video card, DVD/CDRW, blah,
blah, blah. So yeah, is it worth the $50 extra to get Premium for Media
Center, or will Basic give me all that Vista can on my lappy?
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If you google for "vista ready" there are many sites than will check out
your system and comment on how vista ready you are. The microsoft site ( and
perhaps others ) will recommend what version of vista your system is best
suited for.
"Xtopher Robin" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I'm looking to upgrade to Vista on my laptop, but it doesn't have the full
> pre-requisites for Aero support (only a 64mb video card). I do want an
> integrated media center, but as that is really the only appeal to me of Home
> Premium over Basic, will it work? I haven't found anything anywhere that
> says one way or another. I asked at office depot the other day and their
> answer was "I'm not sure, you could try it..." My full specs are 1.8 Ghz
> Athalon XP processor, 1 Gig of RAM, 64mb Radeon video card, DVD/CDRW, blah,
> blah, blah. So yeah, is it worth the $50 extra to get Premium for Media
> Center, or will Basic give me all that Vista can on my lappy?
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In message <C704D2E9-C95D-41E1-962E-A451BAA68AA2[ at ]microsoft.com> Xtopher
Robin <Xtopher Robin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] >I'm looking to upgrade to Vista on my laptop, but it doesn't have the full
>pre-requisites for Aero support (only a 64mb video card). I do want an
>integrated media center, but as that is really the only appeal to me of Home
>Premium over Basic, will it work? I haven't found anything anywhere that
>says one way or another. I asked at office depot the other day and their
>answer was "I'm not sure, you could try it..." My full specs are 1.8 Ghz
>Athalon XP processor, 1 Gig of RAM, 64mb Radeon video card, DVD/CDRW, blah,
>blah, blah. So yeah, is it worth the $50 extra to get Premium for Media
>Center, or will Basic give me all that Vista can on my lappy?
Do you happen to have a copy of Vista kicking around? If so, install it
without a key and choose "Ultimate" and test it for yourself.
Your question is rare enough that I doubt you'll find a good answer,
although to be honest I'd love to know myself.
--
If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?
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Aero requires 128MB on the graphics card. And if you have a Radeon card it
must be a 9550 or higher.
"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam[ at ]crazyhat.net> wrote in message
news:3qah73lmmr49bbqb3cchk8jaigds04sqsa[ at ]4ax.com...
[Quoted Text] > In message <C704D2E9-C95D-41E1-962E-A451BAA68AA2[ at ]microsoft.com> Xtopher
> Robin <Xtopher Robin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm looking to upgrade to Vista on my laptop, but it doesn't have the full
>>pre-requisites for Aero support (only a 64mb video card). I do want an
>>integrated media center, but as that is really the only appeal to me of
>>Home
>>Premium over Basic, will it work? I haven't found anything anywhere that
>>says one way or another. I asked at office depot the other day and their
>>answer was "I'm not sure, you could try it..." My full specs are 1.8 Ghz
>>Athalon XP processor, 1 Gig of RAM, 64mb Radeon video card, DVD/CDRW,
>>blah,
>>blah, blah. So yeah, is it worth the $50 extra to get Premium for Media
>>Center, or will Basic give me all that Vista can on my lappy?
>
> Do you happen to have a copy of Vista kicking around? If so, install it
> without a key and choose "Ultimate" and test it for yourself.
>
> Your question is rare enough that I doubt you'll find a good answer,
> although to be honest I'd love to know myself.
>
> --
> If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
> what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?
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In message <1D2DCF1F-63BC-42CB-9382-573A5E463D13[ at ]microsoft.com> "JW"
<JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> wrote:
[Quoted Text] >Aero requires 128MB on the graphics card. And if you have a Radeon card it
>must be a 9550 or higher.
Why are you replying to me? Did I ask about graphics cards?
--
If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?
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Because I do not have the entire thread on my system. And therefore do not
have Robin's post to respond to.
"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam[ at ]crazyhat.net> wrote in message
news:1uli73ta8ltu590nc2ogd7504kiiv6jq44[ at ]4ax.com...
[Quoted Text] > In message <1D2DCF1F-63BC-42CB-9382-573A5E463D13[ at ]microsoft.com> "JW"
> <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> wrote:
>
>>Aero requires 128MB on the graphics card. And if you have a Radeon card it
>>must be a 9550 or higher.
>
> Why are you replying to me? Did I ask about graphics cards?
>
> --
> If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
> what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?
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I don't have one sittin' around (haven't bought it yet). I didn't know you
could install any version without a key (I'm assuming it's got that 30 day
activation limit on it). If you install up higher than you bought (like if I
bought Basic but installed Premium or Ultimate), can you just pay the
difference at that point? If so, that would help immensely.
"DevilsPGD" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > In message <C704D2E9-C95D-41E1-962E-A451BAA68AA2[ at ]microsoft.com> Xtopher
> Robin <Xtopher Robin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm looking to upgrade to Vista on my laptop, but it doesn't have the full
> >pre-requisites for Aero support (only a 64mb video card). I do want an
> >integrated media center, but as that is really the only appeal to me of Home
> >Premium over Basic, will it work? I haven't found anything anywhere that
> >says one way or another. I asked at office depot the other day and their
> >answer was "I'm not sure, you could try it..." My full specs are 1.8 Ghz
> >Athalon XP processor, 1 Gig of RAM, 64mb Radeon video card, DVD/CDRW, blah,
> >blah, blah. So yeah, is it worth the $50 extra to get Premium for Media
> >Center, or will Basic give me all that Vista can on my lappy?
>
> Do you happen to have a copy of Vista kicking around? If so, install it
> without a key and choose "Ultimate" and test it for yourself.
>
> Your question is rare enough that I doubt you'll find a good answer,
> although to be honest I'd love to know myself.
>
> --
> If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
> what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?
>
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I know. It's not a question of Aero; I wasn't sure if there were minimum
specs to run Media Center or not.
"JW" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Aero requires 128MB on the graphics card. And if you have a Radeon card it
> must be a 9550 or higher.
> "DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam[ at ]crazyhat.net> wrote in message
> news:3qah73lmmr49bbqb3cchk8jaigds04sqsa[ at ]4ax.com...
> > In message <C704D2E9-C95D-41E1-962E-A451BAA68AA2[ at ]microsoft.com> Xtopher
> > Robin <Xtopher Robin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >>I'm looking to upgrade to Vista on my laptop, but it doesn't have the full
> >>pre-requisites for Aero support (only a 64mb video card). I do want an
> >>integrated media center, but as that is really the only appeal to me of
> >>Home
> >>Premium over Basic, will it work? I haven't found anything anywhere that
> >>says one way or another. I asked at office depot the other day and their
> >>answer was "I'm not sure, you could try it..." My full specs are 1.8 Ghz
> >>Athalon XP processor, 1 Gig of RAM, 64mb Radeon video card, DVD/CDRW,
> >>blah,
> >>blah, blah. So yeah, is it worth the $50 extra to get Premium for Media
> >>Center, or will Basic give me all that Vista can on my lappy?
> >
> > Do you happen to have a copy of Vista kicking around? If so, install it
> > without a key and choose "Ultimate" and test it for yourself.
> >
> > Your question is rare enough that I doubt you'll find a good answer,
> > although to be honest I'd love to know myself.
> >
> > --
> > If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
> > what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?
>
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Yeah, I've run those programs, but they only list that my card will not
support Aero. I'm hoping that this is an indication that I can run Media
Center, but I'd rather not blow the $50 extra to find out I can't.
"Farbuncle" wrote:
[Quoted Text] >
> If you google for "vista ready" there are many sites than will check out
> your system and comment on how vista ready you are. The microsoft site ( and
> perhaps others ) will recommend what version of vista your system is best
> suited for.
>
>
> "Xtopher Robin" wrote:
>
> > I'm looking to upgrade to Vista on my laptop, but it doesn't have the full
> > pre-requisites for Aero support (only a 64mb video card). I do want an
> > integrated media center, but as that is really the only appeal to me of Home
> > Premium over Basic, will it work? I haven't found anything anywhere that
> > says one way or another. I asked at office depot the other day and their
> > answer was "I'm not sure, you could try it..." My full specs are 1.8 Ghz
> > Athalon XP processor, 1 Gig of RAM, 64mb Radeon video card, DVD/CDRW, blah,
> > blah, blah. So yeah, is it worth the $50 extra to get Premium for Media
> > Center, or will Basic give me all that Vista can on my lappy?
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