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3d desktop for Win 98/2k/Xp

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  1. padre31

    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Ran across this program and thought it looked like an outstanding way to breathe new life into older Windows Systems:

    [video=youtube;QFeNF29J6AI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFeNF29J6AI&feature=related[/video]


    http://madotate.en.softonic.com/

     
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    Compiz dunnit
     
  3. Pandarilla

    Pandarilla Purist Emeritus

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    Getting closer to the Johnny Mnemonic system, Padre...

    [video=youtube;bL_8Ugp9zI4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_8Ugp9zI4[/video]
     
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    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Well Bro, I'd think you would appreciate this simply because one of my hobbbies/obsessions is that Americans, or really anyone, are overmarketed into believing the newest/fastest/most expensive equipment is what is needed at all times, so when I see things such as this, along with Revolutions Pack 9 and KernelEX, I see old equipment that can easily be used...right now...for less then 40 bucks for 1 GHZ to 700 mhz and 500 mb to 256 mb.

    I've messed around with Linux and tbh, do not really like it, so the old Win stuff 98/2k intrigues me a bit as the sort of M$ lite option.

    w2k Pro is especially interesting as 99% of the stuff that runs on XP will run on W2K and theoritically one "upgrade" disk could produce hundreds of cheap laptops.

    Now somewhere around here I think there are some XP Cd's from the mysterious Far East that for some reason, error code and skip the need for a keycode..la lastima...
     
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    Virtual monkey-spank glove.
     
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    Thanks Padre, this is kinda fun. I don't know if it's any more efficient than plain old tabs, but I certainly feel cooler...
     
  7. padre31

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    Object dock is kinda nice as well:

    http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

    Only works in XP though, not W2K.
     
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    **** yeah, Padre! Now I can access my madotate from my object dock. Very cool, thanks a lot.
     
  9. padre31

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    Nice, you could Run=msconfig=add programs=madotate=reboot and it launches automatically on startup.

    Or startup organizer:

    http://download.cnet.com/StartUp-Organizer/3000-2124_4-24061.html

    Or

    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Winstep-Start-Menu-Organizer.shtml

    (freeware)

    And Aero Mouse Cursors are really useful as the usual Win "arrow" pointer can be rather slow:

    [video=youtube;8vq1lancGP0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vq1lancGP0[/video]
     
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