Perhaps the least well understood of the numerous Windows Vista user interface types, Windows Vista Standard is only available on Windows Vista Home Basic (and Home Basic N), and only on systems with compatible graphics display hardware. What's odd about this situation is that the underlying graphics hardware must be capable of running the vaunted Windows Aero user interface; but because the low-end Vista Home Basic product edition does not include that feature, Microsoft has created a special UI that looks somewhat like Aero but uses older display techniques.
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