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Windows Vista FAQ 3. Home Basic looks pretty affordable. Can I get by with that?

April 26, 2017affordable BASIC Home looks Pretty Windows Vista

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Windows Vista FAQ 3. Home Basic looks pretty affordable. Can I get by with that?

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A. If your hardware is up to snuff, spending the extra $60 to bypass Basic and jump to Home Premium is pretty appealing. Premium gives you Aero (and the very cool Flip 3D when you tab through your running applications while holding down the Windows key) plus Media Center. If your graphics hardware is too ancient to support Vista’s Aero interface, the rest of your system is probably going to bog down with Vista anyway. In that case, you might do well to stick with Windows XP SP2 or to install a memory-thrifty but secure Linux distribution such as Xubuntu. Or buy a new PC with Vista Home Premium preinstalled.