Neowin News Feed for: Aero

Wrapped inside Aero, a Windows 11 concept photo has popped up

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:08:02 +0000

Microsoft dropped Aero for its highly intensive nature - at that time - but there is a huge fanbase out there which has probably always wondered what if the tech giant had never given up. Read more...

This tiny app adds Acrylic effect to old Windows 10 and 11 context menus

Taras Buria — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:16:04 +0000

Here is a tiny open-source app for making the legacy context menus in Windows 10 and 11 a little fancier. TranslucentFlyouts is here with the option to add extra Acrylic to Microsoft's systems. Read more...

Adobe Photoshop now available for iPad; Illustrator coming next year

Rich Woods — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:04:02 +0000

Today, Adobe announced that Photoshop is available for Apple's iPads, and it's also bringing Illustrator to the platform next year, as the firm continues to expand its Creative Cloud efforts. Read more...

Purported benchmarks of HTC One A9 allege 4 GB of RAM and a ten-core processor

Usama Jawad — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 11:40:01 +0000

Purported images of the benchmark tests of the alleged HTC One A9; code-named 'Aero' have emerged which claim that the device will have 4 GB of RAM and a 1.96 GHz Helio X20 ten-core processor. Read more...

Aero Glass 1.2.5 for Windows 8.1

Razvan Serea — Thu, 08 May 2014 14:15:56 +0000

Experience the native look of Aero Glass interface on Windows 8.x. Aero Glass for Windows 8 utility returns the complete glass effect into windows frames. Read more...

Aero Glass 1.2 For Windows 8

Razvan Serea — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 07:34:08 +0000

Experience the native look of Aero Glass interface on Windows 8.x. Aero Glass for Windows 8 utility returns the complete glass effect into windows frames. Read more...

Want the aero look back in the Windows 8 desktop? Try this program out

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:51:08 +0000

An enterprising programmer has released a new and free program that lets Windows 8 desktop users recreate the popular aero glass look that was a fixture of Windows Vista and 7. Read more...

Windows 8 to allow software acceleration, makes Aero ubiquitous

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:22:51 +0000

Arguably the biggest graphical change to the Windows UI in previous versions has been the implementation of Aero, the glass-like, and subtly transparent window decoration that has personified Windows until today. In Windows Vista, it... Read more...

How To: Get Windows 7 Aero in a Virtual Machine

Owen Williams — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:58:55 +0000

This week, Microsoft made the XP Mode RC available to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate users. Most Virtual Machine emulating software has not offered support for Aero previously, including Microsoft's own Virtual PC 2007.... Read more...

Nick White on Aero and battery life

Mon, 14 May 2007 22:57:42 +0000

Nick White, Vista's Product Manager, has responded to an article entitled "Vista, Aero, battery life . . . and Doom" by Dwight Silverman, the tech reviewer at the Houston Chronicle, regarding the impact that the... Read more...

Microsoft Claims Vista's Aero Interface Doesn't Slow PCs

Steven Parker — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:20:14 +0000

Running Windows Vista's new Aero graphical interface doesn't impact PC performance, a study sponsored by Microsoft claims. According to speed measurements of more than 60 common business chores, which were conducted by North Carolina-based Principled... Read more...

No Aero Glass for Illegitimate Copies of Vista

Steven Parker — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:43:21 +0000

Microsoft is pulling out a new tool from its antipiracy toolbox. Aero,the new whiz-bang UI for Vista, will only be available to registeredusers of Windows. That's right, no matter how fast your CPU and graphics... Read more...

Microsoft: Aero Glass is the final UI for Windows Vista

Brad Wardell — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:27:56 +0000

Back in 2001 Microsoft's early betas of Windows XP contained a user interface dubbed "Watercolor". But only months before the operating system shipped Microsoft completely replaced it with an entirely different look and feel... Read more...

Current Windows Vista Aero will Degrade OpenGL Performance

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:02:39 +0000

Microsoft's current plan for OpenGL on Windows Vista is to layer OpenGL over Direct3D in order to use OpenGL with a composited desktop to obtain the Aeroglass experience. If an OpenGL ICD is run -... Read more...

PDC Attendees to Get Aero Demo Only

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:02:23 +0000

Thanks OptiPlex. In a bid to maintain its competitive advantage while it preps Windows Longhorn for release over the next two years, Microsoft will not provide attendees at the Professional Developer Conference (PDC) in Los... Read more...