Post your Desktop - Winter 08-09

[Tom Riley]

If I want 7 I have to go buy it myself... and since I'd have to store all my crap while installing it on my laptop, I might just skip on it and just stick to Vista. Is it that much better where it would be worth it to buy it and go through the trouble of moving all my stuff onto an external hard drive (which I'll probably end up buying either way, as my hard drive is getting pretty full as it is) and then installing it over my existing OS?

BTW, new desktop.

In a word? Yes.

In more than one word? Windows 7 is vastly superior to Windows Vista in almost every way. It is also a major improvement over Windows XP SP2 (although SP3 gave it a run for it's money in some areas). I ran Windows 7 RC1 on a 3 year old Mac and it ran like a champ, faster than the Windows XP installation I had there (Boot Camp). Better utilization of resources, faster page file access, less intrusive UAC, snappier interface, much faster file copying, faster networking (WAY faster networking protocols), and much more. Windows 7 is a true upgrade from Windows XP.

J.

Hmm... I might have to look into it then...

 

[TheGodBen]

If I want 7 I have to go buy it myself... and since I'd have to store all my crap while installing it on my laptop, I might just skip on it and just stick to Vista. Is it that much better where it would be worth it to buy it and go through the trouble of moving all my stuff onto an external hard drive (which I'll probably end up buying either way, as my hard drive is getting pretty full as it is) and then installing it over my existing OS?

Yes and no. If you are happy with Vista then there's little compelling reason to upgrade, most of the changes are minor, the only thing which is drastically different is the new taskbar as well as better resource management. However, since I've used 7 as my primary OS for nine months I find it difficult to go back to Vista, and especially XP. As with the upgrade from XP to Vista, there is little compelling reason to pay for the upgrade, but the small improvements to the UI mean that you wont want to go back once you get used to them.

If you're running XP then I would say that 7 is worth the money because that would be a much more substantial upgrade; it contains most of the good things from Vista, it gets rid of most of the bad things from Vista, almost everything new to 7 is welcome, and it runs fast and stably.

If you get a chance you should give it a try, but it really is "Vista the way it should have been" so if you're happy with Vista as it is then you wont need it.

 

[RoJoHen]

^ They mean the taskbar. There are thousands and thousands of buttons on the taskbar.

I count 34 on the desktop toolbar and 12 on the quick launch...and they are much more out of the way than being on the actual desktop.

RAMA

And considering I only ever use about 4 programs, that is a LOT!

 

[Amaris]

In delightful anticipation of autumn's glory.
(As always, click the image to see full size)



J.

 

[Tom Riley]

New one.

I was in a Chris Pine mood...

 

[Roshi]

London's sky a couple of nights ago:

 

[Rincewiend]

Made this one with Picasa:

 

[Tom Riley]

New one:

 

[thestrangequark]

My favorite flower:

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Made this one with Picasa:

My name is (usually) Gary Mitchell and I approve of this message.

 

[Gepard]

Slightly modified (blackpoint adjustment, flipped the watermark in the corner) from this Trek XI thread:

Original image can be found here. I so prefer Church's take on the ship before ILM got their hands on it.

 

[RAMA]

Last two:

 

[captcalhoun]

 

[WillsBabe]

My favorite flower:

That's lovely.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

I decided to change my desktop. Before this it was the 11 doctors. Found this on facebook and reduced it to fix my laptop

Normally I have my screen at 1360 by 768.

 

[sidious618]

Wolves rock.

 

[WillsBabe]

Mine:

I saw this at the Ufizi, and I want to go back to see it again.

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

I couldn't decide which of my three fantasy husbands I wanted to put up so I solved it by putting all three at the same time. Major golden shower.

I also removed a lot of my shortcuts because I hate when it covers the pic.

 

[jamestyler]

^ I wouldn't pick Orton as your fantasy husband. Your handbag wouldn't be safe.

 

[Roshi]

I couldn't decide which of my three fantasy husbands I wanted to put up so I solved it by putting all three at the same time. Major golden shower.

I also removed a lot of my shortcuts because I hate when it covers the pic.

I'm trying to see the connection b/w wrestlers and Jimmy Page...
Does not compute!