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    can my dell laptop run vista with aero?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by exas, May 31, 2006.

  1. exas

    exas Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have a dell inspiron 1300, and it says on the dell website that i cant run vista with aero, but the graphics card has PS 2.0 and can alocate up to 128mb of ram for video memory. so what else am i missing?

    thanks
     
    exas, May 31, 2006
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    You might need a dedicated graphics card. We won't know for sure until the release date gets closer.
     
    Brian, May 31, 2006
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  3. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    what are your graphics?
     
    Iceman0124, May 31, 2006
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    AeroGlass is annoying anyway.
     
    ZaZ, May 31, 2006
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  5. Bandit

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    This is a great question exas and sure one which will be of great interest. However........ Seeing as it's not even out yet, still in Beta and the fact that MS has a tentitive idea of the requirements, nothing is 100% offical as of yet.

    So while your question has merit, the unfortunate answer is - it's not 100% defined yet.
     
    Bandit, May 31, 2006
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  6. exas

    exas Notebook Enthusiast

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    are you sure?
     
    exas, Mar 2, 2007
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    http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-023606.htm#5
     
    WackyT, Mar 2, 2007
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    After 9 months you still haven't found the answer ? :D
     
    PhoenixFx, Mar 3, 2007
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