Vista On My Laptop
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I decided to just go ahead and use Vista Home Premium that came on the machine, because the machine has been sitting here not being used for a few weeks now while I've been researching, locating drivers, and mulling possible compatibility issues regarding using a 64-bit OS. In the mean time, I've discovered RocketDock (google it). This is a (free) utility that gives you the same bubbly task bar that OS-X gives you. This is pretty cool - I know, I've historically expressed a complete lack of interest where eye-candy is concerned, but this is just too cool for words. I turned off aero and other stuff that adds nothing really to the system, and I gotta say it's pretty snappy in terms of performance.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Ed.Poore wrote:
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:laugh: Was that link intentional? I can't quite tell if it was accidental, or just a very subtle bit of irony.
Simon
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Nope, not a convert - just too damn lazy to install XP. :) It came with SP1 already installed.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I decided to just go ahead and use Vista Home Premium that came on the machine, because the machine has been sitting here not being used for a few weeks now while I've been researching, locating drivers, and mulling possible compatibility issues regarding using a 64-bit OS. In the mean time, I've discovered RocketDock (google it). This is a (free) utility that gives you the same bubbly task bar that OS-X gives you. This is pretty cool - I know, I've historically expressed a complete lack of interest where eye-candy is concerned, but this is just too cool for words. I turned off aero and other stuff that adds nothing really to the system, and I gotta say it's pretty snappy in terms of performance.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Amazing utility i must say but with one problem on my laptop. I have Vista Home Basic and RocketDock is working fine with the usual icons and shortcuts but the real time image for the minimized windows doesn't appear in the dock, whenever i minimize the applications, they seems to be docked as i can see the tooltip in the bar by moving my mouse over a particular program but the animation or any icon of window is not appearing :( . I tried all the settings as was told in the demo video. Does this not work with Home basic or I am missing something?
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Amazing utility i must say but with one problem on my laptop. I have Vista Home Basic and RocketDock is working fine with the usual icons and shortcuts but the real time image for the minimized windows doesn't appear in the dock, whenever i minimize the applications, they seems to be docked as i can see the tooltip in the bar by moving my mouse over a particular program but the animation or any icon of window is not appearing :( . I tried all the settings as was told in the demo video. Does this not work with Home basic or I am missing something?
@!$(-)@ $@r£r@Z
I don't have Home basic, so I can't comment on the capabilities or shortcomings of RocketDock in that configuration. I also don't minimize to the dock.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I don't have Home basic, so I can't comment on the capabilities or shortcomings of RocketDock in that configuration. I also don't minimize to the dock.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Thanks for the response. I just verified on the RocketDock website that it's a known issue for Home Basic.
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I decided to just go ahead and use Vista Home Premium that came on the machine, because the machine has been sitting here not being used for a few weeks now while I've been researching, locating drivers, and mulling possible compatibility issues regarding using a 64-bit OS. In the mean time, I've discovered RocketDock (google it). This is a (free) utility that gives you the same bubbly task bar that OS-X gives you. This is pretty cool - I know, I've historically expressed a complete lack of interest where eye-candy is concerned, but this is just too cool for words. I turned off aero and other stuff that adds nothing really to the system, and I gotta say it's pretty snappy in terms of performance.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I've discovered RocketDock (google it). This is a (free) utility that gives you the same bubbly task bar that OS-X gives you
That's slick.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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Ed.Poore wrote:
My Blog[^]
:laugh: Was that link intentional? I can't quite tell if it was accidental, or just a very subtle bit of irony.
Simon
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Nope, not a convert - just too damn lazy to install XP. :) It came with SP1 already installed.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Well I've got to say that now that VMWare have sorted out the issues Workstation had with Vista (~6 months ago) I won't go back to XP. If I do need it then I unzip an XP VM and do what I need in those. It runs just as fast, often faster because once I have no need I delete it and unzip a blank install next time thus have no crap-ware installed on it.
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I decided to just go ahead and use Vista Home Premium that came on the machine, because the machine has been sitting here not being used for a few weeks now while I've been researching, locating drivers, and mulling possible compatibility issues regarding using a 64-bit OS. In the mean time, I've discovered RocketDock (google it). This is a (free) utility that gives you the same bubbly task bar that OS-X gives you. This is pretty cool - I know, I've historically expressed a complete lack of interest where eye-candy is concerned, but this is just too cool for words. I turned off aero and other stuff that adds nothing really to the system, and I gotta say it's pretty snappy in terms of performance.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I've discovered RocketDock
Been using it for about 6-8 months now, wouldn't have a machine without it.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I've discovered RocketDock (google it). This is a (free) utility that gives you the same bubbly task bar that OS-X gives you
That's slick.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLI'm down to a completely icon and taskbar-free desktop. Very minimalist... :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
