Ok, I'm in the wrong place. So the first question is, where is the
right place?
But since I'm here .....
Installed the latest Vista Beta on a Toshiba A105-S2712 laptop. The
Vista advisor, running under XP, says it can run Aero. This laptop has
an Intel 915 chipset with Intel Graphics Accelerator 900 chipset video
(uses shared memory). This video system can allocate 128MB of video
memory and supports Pixel Shader 2. The computer has a gigabyte of
total memory. The CPU is a Pentium M 1.73GHz (not a Celeron).
My questions all revolve around running Aero the Aero interface on this
system.
First, how can I tell if Aero is running? If Aero is like an Orgasm
("if you don't know if you are running it, you are not"), then I'm not
running Aero. There is nothing spectacularly different that reaches out
and shakes me, no transparent see-through Windows or anything like that.
Second, if I'm not running it, is there anything in Vista itself that
will come right out and tell me if I'm running Aero, if not why not, and
is there anything I can do turn Aero on if it's currently off?
[Note, I'm using pretty much "Classic everything" .... start menu,
desktop, folders]
Re: E1505 Ordering Question: ***DELL READ THIS*** ... GMA900 apparently has all of the hardware necessary to support Aero, including 128MB of video memory and Pixel Shader 2. ... But there currently is no WDDM driver, and at one point Intel had reportedly said that they would not provide one. ... But then about 3 weeks ago there were reports -- unconfirmed -- that they were backtracking on this and would offer a driver, although possbily not until some time after Vista was actually shipping. ... Dell can't get their act together so that a customer can make an intelligent ordering decision about what will and will not run Vista with Aero.... (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)
Re: XP Home and XP Media Center Editions ... Do I recommend they run out and upgrade?... Am I recommending Vista just to get Aero,... But my point is simply why get Vista without the eye-candy? ... Are XP Home and MCE inferior?... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
Re: The Witcher Performance Issue. ... You have every right not to like Vista or to disagree with the way MS has taken it forward, but this issue is about Vista performance. ... Personally, it think UAC is a mess which largely renders it useless, and I find the the UI is generally too dumbed down, so that you have to dig really deep to get to advanced settings that you want to tweak.... ... improvements, DX-10, and a shiny new Aero interface....Hey, but at least they came closer to their release and could get all that revenue from sales. ... (comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg)
Re: DRINGEND: Thinkpad R50e vs. HP NX 6110 ... Windows2000 und Windowsxp sind technisch auch ziemlich identisch, was zwischen XP und Vista nicht der Fall ist. ... anderen Notebook mit GMA900-Grafik. ... Dein Denkfehler liegt darin, dass Aero Glass seine Effekte aus der Windows Presentation Foundation bezieht, wie das in Zukunft halt auch Anwendungen tun werden. ... (de.comp.sys.notebooks)
Re: E1505 Ordering Question: ***DELL READ THIS*** ... It's a big discussion on the Vista... GMA900 apparently has all of the hardware necessary to support Aero... There are three video options for the E1505: ..."compatability warning" if you select the base video. ... (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)
