Archive for the 'Aero' Category
Enabling Aero and Flip 3D on VISTA RC2
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006The Aero style on Windows VISTA is one of the most appealing features that many tend to be lured into. Windows Aero is a feature that basically provides you with additional visual enhancements that not can help you be more productive, but significantly enhances the appearance and functionality of VISTA. However, many do [...]
The Windows Vista Interface
Sunday, October 8th, 2006Whenever Microsoft releases a new operating system, the one thing anyone seems to want to talk about is the new interface. What does it look like? Is it cool? Can I run it? On the surface this seems superficial because, after all, Windows is and should be more than just a pretty interface. Don’t things [...]
Power consumption and Vistas Aero interface
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Much has been made of Windows Vista’s new Aero interface, and for good reason. The GUI is loaded with luscious eye candy, including the liberal use of transparency, and even a few 3D effects. That eye candy doesn’t come cheap, though. Aero relies on graphics hardware to accelerate the interface, and requires a DirectX 9-compatible [...]
Aero is not rocket science
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006Myth: You’ll need heavyweight hardware and a premium Vista version to use the new [tag]Aero[/tag] interface, and without Aero there’s no reason to upgrade.
Reality: The Windows Vista interface is essentially identical with all Vista versions. Aero describes a set of visual enhancements that will run on relatively modest hardware and are hardly a make-or-break feature.
