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Vista Home Basic v Vista Home Premium

  • 08-07-2007 2:51pm
    #1
    zoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭


    As I just use the pc for writing letters, e-mail and internet would there be much point in me getting Vista Home Premium with a Dell pc instead of Vista Home Basic?

    Would Vista Home Basic be at least as good as Windows XP Home which I currently have?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Saruman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    Yes it will be about the same.. however premium does not cost much more and it comes with the media centre stuff as well as the aero interface etc.
    For the price of a chinese meal you might be better off getting premium.. however if you do not care about the shiny aero interface and media stuff then just go with basic.


  • #3
    zoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭zoe


    Thanks Saruman.

    What's the aero interface? :confused:


  • #4
    Merrion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭Merrion


    I suggest you get basic version and if you find yourself needing the premium version there's a built in tool that can upgrade you to premium (for a sum of money of course)


  • #5
    Saruman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    Aero gives you the 3d window changer, it also makes windows transparent so you can sort of see whats behind each window etc.
    google aero interface and you will see what im talking about better than describing it on here.


  • #6
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Merrion wrote:
    I suggest you get basic version and if you find yourself needing the premium version there's a built in tool that can upgrade you to premium (for a sum of money of course)
    Bad suggestion. It costs around 125 euro to upgrade to premium through the Anytime Upgrade feature as opposed to ~30 euro at the time of purchase.


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  • #7
    zoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭zoe


    I just found this about upgrading...
    https://emea.windowsanytimeupgradestore.com/WAU_DIRECT/Home.aspx

    So due to the cost, as kaizersoze mentioned, it's best to purchase whichever one you want to have rather than upgrading later.

    I googled the aero interface, and it looks interesting. I'm not sure if it's something I would need, but maybe I'll take the Visa Premium when purchasing the PC.

    Out of curiosity, what is the media centre stuff which Premium has and Basic doesn't? Is it for video, and online radio stations?


  • #8
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Windows Media Centre which is built into Vista Home Premium & Ultimate is a 10 foot user interface intended for media playback (see microsoft site).

    It can playback movies, videos, music, pictures, record TV & radio and act as a personal video recorder with an EPG. It has a lot of plugins that enhance functionality further and you can install video codecs to increase support for other video types to play back.

    It is primarily meant for home theater PC's but you can easily use it for big screen media playback, there is also a remote for it.

    It's a great piece of software if you have a lot of media as it is very easy to get up and running.

    As for Aero well it would make things more snappy as the GPU does most of the work when Aero is enabled instead of the CPU for drawing everything on screen and it is generally a slicker UI but it is not essential.


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