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Title: Pimp my OS
Post by: _Paul on 03/29/2011, 03:39 PM
Ordering a new PC is probably imminent for me now. It's going to be Windows 7 64-bit, but because it looks a bit like Vista, it makes me sick up in my mouth a little.

Naturally, I've heard of Windowblinds, but what other software is out there, and decent, that will make my new PC look like something cool from a sci-fi movie, and not just another version of Windows?
Title: Re: Pimp my OS
Post by: Joe Redifer on 03/29/2011, 06:06 PM
You don't need to install anything on top of it.  You can tell Windows 7 to have a classic look and make it look almost exactly like Windows 2000.
Title: Re: Pimp my OS
Post by: esteban on 03/31/2011, 12:28 AM
(https://web.archive.org/web/20190511073739im_/http://www.asia.ru/images/target/photo/51721793/Computer_Dust_Covers.jpg)
Title: Re: Pimp my OS
Post by: _Paul on 03/31/2011, 12:41 PM
Do they come in pink?
Title: Re: Pimp my OS
Post by: Bernie on 03/31/2011, 07:57 PM
If it is software and other goodies you are looking for, get with me via PM.  I can hook you up with just about endless stuff for your PC.....for FREE...
Title: Re: Pimp my OS
Post by: _Paul on 04/01/2011, 06:03 PM
New PC is here! I'm probably going to try objectdock which looks great and pretty useful. I'll see how things go from there before I decide whether to megaskin Win7 with Windowblinds.
Title: Re: Pimp my OS
Post by: Nazi NecroPhile on 04/01/2011, 06:07 PM
Congrats!  Did you end up getting the one linked in the other thread?
Title: Re: Pimp my OS
Post by: _Paul on 04/03/2011, 03:09 PM
Yes. I've had some problems with it freezing on startup - turning off the overclock seems to have solved this, although once it did have a minor power hiccup after I pushed the on button. Apparently I could do with increasing the voltage in the bios or something. I have no idea how to do that though.

I'm also without my main apps for a short time - so I can't update my site or do any fancy Photoshopping. I feel like I'm missing an arm.
Title: Re: Pimp my OS
Post by: guyjin on 04/04/2011, 12:03 AM
I used a mac-style dock program way back on Windows 2000, but it just seemed to consume way too much system memory and was just in the way anyway. I dumped it.

Despite its cosmetic resemblance to Vista, 7 is quite nice. Best thing MS has put out in a decade.