By Paul Drake Windows Vista Page Created 6/25/09
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Vista Home Basic (Avoid) If you buy a new machine from a store, if the marketing blurb says 'Windows Vista pre-installed', then it's likely to be the Home Basic version. You will get a wonderful operating system, it just will not have the Windows Media Center and will not be able to join a domain. Beware, double check, whereas Microsoft explicitly mention Aero Graphics for the above four editions, they do not mention Aero in the Home Basic version.
Vista Versions / Editions Microsoft are describing Home Basic as the foundation for all the other Vista versions. That means even the Home Basic version has the core Vista operating which means it's safer, securer and more robust than XP. New features such as pre-fetch, proactive wizards and troubleshooters are here in this simplest version.
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