Question about Vista Aero on D420... ... So my girlfriend has been pushing me to put Vista on my gaming rig because it "looks pretty" but i dont reall ...

spotdog14 · 02-16-2007, 07:46 AM

So my girlfriend has been pushing me to put Vista on my gaming rig because it "looks pretty" but i dont really want to since it is my gaming rig, and dont really want to deal with the Nvidia problem and all the games not quite running well.

Anyways she has a new Latitude D420, and im wondering if the integrated video card in that machine would be enough to run Aero, because if it isnt then its not really worth upgrading, since the other features dont really impress me.

And if it dosnt what does the windows theme look like in non Aero? Is it just the default win 2k taskbar etc.?

thanks inadvance guys!

MrEvil · 02-16-2007, 06:20 PM

Aero isn't the resource hogging uber program people are making it out to be. The GMA 945 will run it just fine.

sebby · 02-17-2007, 04:11 AM

Aero will run fine on the GMA945.
Alternatively if you want the vista looknfeel without installing the thing, you can try the vista transformation pack

See screenshot...It's very vista like

02-16-2007, 07:46 AM	#1
spotdog14 Am I the only one? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 1,198 Credits: 539	Question about Vista Aero on D420... So my girlfriend has been pushing me to put Vista on my gaming rig because it "looks pretty" but i dont really want to since it is my gaming rig, and dont really want to deal with the Nvidia problem and all the games not quite running well. Anyways she has a new Latitude D420, and im wondering if the integrated video card in that machine would be enough to run Aero, because if it isnt then its not really worth upgrading, since the other features dont really impress me. And if it dosnt what does the windows theme look like in non Aero? Is it just the default win 2k taskbar etc.? thanks inadvance guys! __________________

02-16-2007, 06:20 PM	#2
MrEvil The Dr House of PC repair Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Amarillo TX Posts: 4,451 Credits: 148	Aero isn't the resource hogging uber program people are making it out to be. The GMA 945 will run it just fine. __________________ Notebook Forums' resident Dell/IBM/Sony field service technician. My Notebook: Dell Latitude D820 \| Intel Core Duo T2500 \| 2GB DDR2 \| 15" WSXGA screen \| nVidia Quadro 120m \| 250GB Hard Drive \| Samsung DVD-RW drive My Netbook: ASUS Eee(vil)PC 1000HE upgraded to 2GB of RAM running Windows 7 My Desktop: Intel Core 2 Quad QX9300 @ 3.5Ghz Liquid cooled \| 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR 1066 \| ATi Radeon 4870 \| Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB \| ASUS Maximus Formula motherboard \| Vista Ultimate x64

02-17-2007, 04:11 AM	#3
sebby keroppi Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Land down under Posts: 351 Credits: -52	Aero will run fine on the GMA945. Alternatively if you want the vista looknfeel without installing the thing, you can try the vista transformation pack See screenshot...It's very vista like __________________

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