One very important thing to consider is that when running Aero Glass, the VGA card is being "utilized". That makes the power consumption go up. For desktops that's fine, but for laptops........
--- Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Areoglass's requirements are also a joke. I'm > sorry, but I shouldn't > > need to have a dedicated graphics controller with > 128mb of RAM just to > > get transparencies, the weird ALT-TAB replacement, > etc. I'm running on a > > 6 month old Dell Inspiron 700m laptop with an > Intel 850 graphics > > chipset. Granted, it's not the best, but I'm > sorry, it should be enough > > to run Vista with at least some of the 3D effects. > > > > But the big claim to fame of Aero is a completely 3D > rendered desktop. Gone > is the 2D mode--your desktop is rendered just as any > modern game is. This, > naturally, consumes a lot more memory and GPU > resources. I'm very curious to > see what else can be done now that the interface is > truly 3D... > > Honestly, I think one of the biggest advantages of > Vista will be moving the > audio driver out of kernel mode and into user mode. > I can't tell you how > many times I've had to reboot computers just because > the sound driver > hiccupped. Printing is also supposedly new, finally > getting away from the > old buggy spooler used for years. The new network > stack is supposedly more > responsive, too... > > I guess I'm just cautiously optimistic. Make no > mistake, though: Vista > probably won't be going on my machine until SP1. > > > Greg > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
