You avoid the first three parts of the marketing machine if you do your job
as a customer and know what you're buying before you buy. Generally this
entails either reading the back of the box, or going on the Microsoft website.

It's not hard. You just need basic reading and comprehension abilities.

"NoStop" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Windows Basic is not Aero capable. You would need to upgrade
> > to another edition of Vista in order to have Vista Aero.
> >[/color]
> So goes the nature of Microsoft's "marketing" machine. Confusion, confusion,
> confusion and pay, pay, pay.
>
> Cheers.
>[color=green]
> > Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade:
> >[/color]
> [url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/37070041-1b90-4433-be0c-ab2855841b981033.mspx[/url][color=green]
> >[/color]
>
> --
> What does Bill Gates use?
> [url]http://tinyurl.com/2zxhdl[/url]
>
> Proprietary Software: a 20th Century software business model.
>
> AlexB's abacus: [url]http://www.poppystoys.co.uk/shop/baby-toys/caterpillar.jpg[/url]
> The closest to "computing" that man should go.
>
> Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
> [url]http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/compost.htm[/url]
>
>[/color]