The Windows Vista Standard theme is available only in Vista Home Basic and only if hardware meets the Aero specs. Windows Vista Basic: This theme is available on every Vista version and is the ...

I'm surprised that veryone here seemed to like Aero! Among my peers at the time, the Aero effects were considered slow and resource draining, and it was common sense to disable all of them ...

Microsoft released Windows XP in 2001, and then released its successor, Windows Vista , in 2006. During the long development period of Windows Vista, implementation of various functions was ...

A Microsoft official has acknowledged that the Aero interface in Windows Vista uses more battery power than XP but said it's not enough to have a major impact on battery life in laptops running ...

"The Windows Vista Aero theme and components which implement it can use more resources than previous versions of the operating system," Microsoft product manager Mike Burk said in a statement.

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Windows Vista’s Aero was ahead of its time, but not in a good way. The hardware of the mid-2000s just wasn’t ready to support a visual design like that without significant tradeoffs.

Still enjoying full-fledged Aero theme with rounded corners and blurred glass-effect on Windows 7 (on ESU update). On WIndows 8.1 & 10, the colour during HD movie playback sometimes looks a bit ...