I’ve finally gotten over my obsession with customizing my desktop, the latest being this. Figured out, its not worth the performance hit, even though the XPS should be able to handle it comfortably. So, end result, I’m back to the plain jane Vista look, patching the theme files to have a super-transparent theme, with no widgets and the likes on the Desktop.

The only program that seems to hog memory perenially, is Firefox, though…

Alright, the real purpose of this shitty post is to check whether Twitter gets automatically pinged when I click submit..

Update: - It does!

Hmmm, we all know Windows 7 is out, and its supposed to run much better than Windows Vista. However, I had neither the time nor the inclination to download the beta, install it (I don’t believe in dual boot configurations anyway). However, the Windows 7 Desktop was really impressive, and that made me want Windows 7 just for it. The logical solution was customization packs, that are notorious for making your system slow down to a crawl, and that was a strict no no.

And hence, a little online googling was done. Came up with this, and this, that eventually led to my Desktop looking like this.

Awesome stuff, I must say. Hats off to the guys who come up with such stuff!

However, I kinda like my Taskbar as it looks in Vista, so I think I’ll revert to the old Taskbar. Other than that, this shall be the look for Windows for quite a while from now!

The concept of dual booting operating systems never appealed to me. Thats precisely why I had Vista RC1 running as a single OS on my home machine, in the raw state that it was, sometimes consuming 55% Cpu when idle for no obvious reason. Read more »

I’ve tried to put together a few points I observed and make a semi-review. Frankly, have not found the time to take Vista apart and examine every minute detail. Read more »

This one turned out to be a double whammy. As I said yesterday, screenshots of the new stuff in Vista, on Picasa web albums, which by the way is BRILLIANT in itself. We pulled Shutterbugs down, so Picasa web albums shall be the new home for my photos. Instant replacement for Windows Photo Gallery that comes bundled with Vista. Still exploring the Vista Media Center, Screenshots of that too, soon. A detailed review will be up, sometime in this week. For now, check out whats there….