Alias wrote:
> You can buy a program that will turn Windows into something sort of like
> Ubuntu:
>
> http://www.thinkinbytes.com/en/products/cubedesktop/index.php
>
What a crack-up, people always cloning superior things FOR
Winders.(Compiz envy? OSX envy?)
Problem usually is in my testing, the resources takes a pretty good hit
thus slowing things down, and the more 3rd party effects you install in
Winders, the worse it gets including crashes. On this humble test
machine which is an older 2.8ghz no HT w/ 2gb mem, an older Nvidia card
and running Compiz, it doesn't take much of a hit on resources at all,
things still run snappy. Can't say that about effect stuff ADDED to
Winders. Heck, even Winders own Areo requires much more than this lowly
machine to run it. People are quick to slam Compiz as "eye candy" and
yes granted some of it is, but Flip 3D isn't much better. Flip 3D is not
much more than eye candy as it is slow and cumbersome compared to Scale
in Compiz for task switching. And in Win7 MS STILL left out native hot
corners. Talk about LAME. One has to use a 3rd party hot corner program
to make Flip 3D at all worth using, sucking up valuable resources as usual.
I have Win7 installed on this machine which does run pretty good, but of
course, NO Aero possible which is ok. ..BUT because DricetX 9 isn't
possible on here, yep, if I do ANY elevated video it crashes. (Games
etc) One would think that if it detects a non compliant DirectX 9 card
it could automatically revert to a lower ver and avoid crashes. NOPE.
Linux OTOH WILL detect video that is not compliant for special effects
and just run in Non Effects mode, meaning no effects at all, but STILL
runs with NO crashes. Gotta appreciate that, as at least one still can
do stuff without worrying when the next crash will happen.
The Cube? I have NO use for it. One can do and change virtual desktops
in Linux without the cube bit. The cube to me IS pretty much just a
fancy eye candy way to switch between virtual desktops that can be done
faster and easier the "normal" way. However as one that appreciates thus
likes eye candy, I concentrate that part on the unbelievably EASY
desktop theme switching. No longer do I have to stare at the same,(UGLY
MS XP ring a bell??), theme year in and year out. If I get bored with
one theme, I can change to another one in a few minuets or less
depending on the level of change. Do that in Winders, (Vista/Win7), and
I mean more than change the color of the opaque borders, we are talking
about a makeover in minuets, seconds even! Don't EVEN talk about themes
one can ADD to Winders as again, Winders usually takes a resource hit
and you have to dangerously mess around with the inner workings and HOPE
it all works, believe me, I have checked into it for Vista and Win7.
Talk about useless things as "Death" stated about the cube; How about in
Win7 and mousing over the RH side of the task bar to make open windows
see-through? I have yet to find that useful in ANY way so far, and that
is from Beta to RTM to now. What's the point? All I could do is laugh,
wondering what brainiac came up with that. I maintain that MS should
have adopted Compiz/OSX LIKE similarities and taken the hit on "coping"
accusations. Most people could care less about the coping bit, (And most
wouldn't know the difference anyway), but instead would LOVE MUCH better
productivity enhancing desktop effects as in Compiz and/or OSX. I just
laugh my ass off when I read how proud MS is with it's latest effects in
Win7. To me after using the best part of Compiz for productivity, (NOT
eye candy), Aero desktop effects is a joke.
G'day