nsane.forums Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I like Aero, but not enough to bother upgrading hardware to get it. Many people don't like it at all. The built-in Aero technologies give Windows a certain three-dimensional look, with semi-transparent window frames. Microsoft added Aero with Windows Vista, and kept it through Windows 7. It's on by default in both of those Windows versions--except for the Windows 7 Starter Edition, which lacks Aero entirely. But it's a controversial feature--if you can even call it a feature, since it serves no practical purpose. All it does is make your screen look better. And to do this, it uses some resources, and thus slows down your PC a little bit. It's one thing to take a small performance hit for antivirus software, since it does a job that really needs to be done. But do you need a performance hit for something that just makes the screen prettier? On the other hand, if your hardware supports Aero, and you like the look, and you're not trying to squeeze every last millisecond of performance out of your hardware, there's no reason to turn it off. I keep it on, myself. If you want to turn off Aero in Windows 7, right-click the desktop and select Personalize. Select a theme from the Basic and High Contrast Themes section. Microsoft chose not to include Aero in Windows 8. I don't know whether they did this to improve performance, or to make the desktop environment as unattractive as possible. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPECTRUM Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 for me aero is useful, because you can notice changes happening in the windows that are opened behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clusterphuck Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 It's a misconception but Windows Aero (Desktop Window Manager) is in Windows 8. What you're talking about is the Aero Glass theme/style being removed. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lister Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 In Windows 7, aero/glass is pretty ugly and imo, useless - any important changes are brought to your attention in the taskbar.Though W8 is a huge improvement in design concept over the awfully dated OSX and, less so, Windows 7, it's implementation has swung too far to the 'flat' - making selection and objects difficult to differentiate from background design elements. Bounding areas would be a huge improvement in usability in W8 - eg; a faint rounded rectangular border round clickable areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 How important is Aero?Unless one is using a dark black theme (like me) Aero is very important - I, personally love Aero (especially the blur part.) Unfortunately on my Windows 8 theme, the translucency does not look as good as on lighter themes. Had to disable Aero on Windows 7, too - for the same reason. All said, Aero remains to be the only hurdle that separates Windows 7 from Windows 8 - Skinners have managed to nearly eradicate all other differences, including metro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clusterphuck Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Windows Aero is in Windows 8. Microsoft just removed the Aero Glass theme which Stardock will probably bring back with WindowBlinds for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Windows Aero is in Windows 8. Microsoft just removed the Aero Glass theme which Stardock will probably bring back with WindowBlinds for example.That's not Aero - what you're referring to, is just plain translucency :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerglines Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Eats alot of power battery and can male a laptop can handle 4-5 hours will just handle for 2-3 hours . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 21, 2012 Administrator Share Posted December 21, 2012 Eats alot of power battery and can male a laptop can handle 4-5 hours will just handle for 2-3 hours .How about an option for desktop and always power plugged laptop users? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcid10 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 with today's cpu's with 6 and 8 cores attached to 24 and 32 gb ram who cares about a few cyclesI don't even see the differencejust saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 22, 2012 Administrator Share Posted December 22, 2012 who cares about a few cyclesMicrosoft does, for tablets. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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