Since we have this lovely little section why not get a nice discussion going...
So in Star's build thread I posted a link a to a patch that will give Windows Home Basic the Aero features of Home Premium:
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/f ... er-edition
So the question is, would this type of thing be considered illegal?Get Missing Aero Glass and Other Personalization Features in Windows 7 Home Basic and Starter Edition
Windows 7: The Starter and Home Basic editions of Windows 7 are crippled when it comes to customization. If you want Aero Glass, Aero Peek, or just wallpaper switching from the desktop context menu, here's a handy patch.
The small EXE file, created by a "Mr. Dusha" and posted by Microsoft MVP Vishal Gupta (known as VG here on Lifehacker), patches system files to enable all the personalization features of Windows Ultimate.
(Note: lacking a Home Basic or Starter machine, we haven't personally tested this out, but from the comments the patch works simply and as promised. To uninstall, Vishal writes you can re-run the patch or type in sfc /scannow at the command prompt.)