Vista Aero and MacBook

Hello! I'm running Vista Ultimate using BootCamp on my MacBook. Even thought the systems requirements seem to support it, I can't seem to get Aero to work. Any suggestions? Thanks!

You may not meet the RAM requirement would be first guess.
http://guides.macrumors.com/VistaBeta_2_on_MacbookPro
http://andersonshatch.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/macbook-pro-and-vista-64-bit/
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mobile/display/apple-macbook-air_7.html

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