There are 2 types of upgrades you can do with Vista, Windows Anytime Upgrade
and the other is an In-Place (from a full version or upgrade Package)
Upgrade. I not sure what you mean when you say "Can the "Home Premium"
academic version upgrade a "Home Basic" installation?"
The other issue you have is Aero. Aero requires a Video card that is capable
of handling DirectX 9 or higher and a minimum of 128MB of Graphic Memory
(Shared or Dedicated) and has a WDDM Driver (Windows Display Driver Model)
it a driver written for Vista. Most new Graphic cards are able to handles
this.
"PhilBiker" <PhilBiker@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello. I have a new eMachines computer that I bought a few months ago.
> It
> was a floor model and did not come with a disc but I made a "restore" DVD.
> The Windows Vista Home Basic on it is legit. I bought 1 gig of RAM to add
> to
> the PC the day I bought it so I have 1.5 gig of RAM.
>
> Since I have enough RAM I'd like to upgrade to the Home Premium version of
> Vista, I like the Aero look and feel (though the non-Aero Vist is still
> very
> spiffy!).
>
> I qualify for academic pricing, therefore the "Home Premium" upgrade is
> less
> expensive to me than the "Anytime Upgrade" since I need to buy the
> "Anytime
> Upgrade" disc.
>
> Can the "Home Premium" academic version upgrade a "Home Basic"
> installation?