Can WinXP do that wallpaper thingie that MacOSX does??

[BamBam215]

Was at CompUSA and played with a MacOSX running on a 23" widescreen apple monitor. All I gotta say was HOLY GODDDAMMNNNN THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. I noticed that MacOSX allows you to blend and change wallpapers automatically because I was just messing around and the wallpaper kept fading in and out to different ones. Can WinXP do this?

 

[notfred]

I'm pretty sure it can't.

 

[element]

Yeah because the sole purpose of a $3000 machine is so you can stare at the wallpaper fading in and out all day. ROFLfelafel.

Ever heard of a screensaver?

 

[TommyVercetti]

Originally posted by: element®
Yeah because the sole purpose of a $3000 machine is so you can stare at the wallpaper fading in and out all day. ROFLfelafel.

Right on!

 

[isekii]

Well with the amount of crap people install on their PC's I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Luden]

I was told Windows Longhorn does that, but I dont know..

Luden.

 

[Kadarin]

OSX will let you run 3D apps as your desktop wallpaper. A popular one is the acquarium screensaver.. it's a trip seeing realistic fish moving around on your desktop...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
OSX will let you run 3D apps as your desktop wallpaper. A popular one is the acquarium screensaver.. it's a trip seeing realistic fish moving around on your desktop...

Which is about all that the Mac is good for.

😛 j/k

I said just kidding, dammit! Image manipulation on a mac kick's a PCs ass.

 

[0roo0roo]

from what i remember, osx uses some 3d accel effects in ths gui. kinda neat. i looked around for a pc equiv a while back when i first saw the osx stuff and was droolin. i've given up, the pc's simply inferior in this area🙁

 

[pray4mojo]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
OSX will let you run 3D apps as your desktop wallpaper. A popular one is the acquarium screensaver.. it's a trip seeing realistic fish moving around on your desktop...

Which is about all that the Mac is good for.

😛 j/k

I said just kidding, dammit! Image manipulation on a mac kick's a PCs ass.

A very pricey kick in the ass but it's still a good one.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
from what i remember, osx uses some 3d accel effects in ths gui. kinda neat. i looked around for a pc equiv a while back when i first saw the osx stuff and was droolin. i've given up, the pc's simply inferior in this area🙁

WTF. You don't buy a computer to stare at the pretty Apple menu (or start menu)! Jesus!!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: pray4mojo

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
OSX will let you run 3D apps as your desktop wallpaper. A popular one is the acquarium screensaver.. it's a trip seeing realistic fish moving around on your desktop...

Which is about all that the Mac is good for.

😛 j/k

I said just kidding, dammit! Image manipulation on a mac kick's a PCs ass.

A very pricey kick in the ass but it's still a good one.

As long as that's all you're doing, too. Other than image manipulation, Macs BLOW.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
from what i remember, osx uses some 3d accel effects in ths gui. kinda neat. i looked around for a pc equiv a while back when i first saw the osx stuff and was droolin. i've given up, the pc's simply inferior in this area🙁

WTF. You don't buy a computer to stare at the pretty Apple menu (or start menu)! Jesus!!

oh, be a man and admit the truth when you see it. this is an area where the pc simply blows.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
from what i remember, osx uses some 3d accel effects in ths gui. kinda neat. i looked around for a pc equiv a while back when i first saw the osx stuff and was droolin. i've given up, the pc's simply inferior in this area🙁

WTF. You don't buy a computer to stare at the pretty Apple menu (or start menu)! Jesus!!

oh, be a man and admit the truth when you see it. this is an area where the pc simply blows.

yeah...true 🙁

must use third party skinning and fading and effect tools to get similar effects 🙁

 

[TheCorm]

Webshots desktop can change the desktop but I doubt it had any fancy blending options. It also has tonnes of desktops for download.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
from what i remember, osx uses some 3d accel effects in ths gui. kinda neat. i looked around for a pc equiv a while back when i first saw the osx stuff and was droolin. i've given up, the pc's simply inferior in this area🙁

WTF. You don't buy a computer to stare at the pretty Apple menu (or start menu)! Jesus!!

oh, be a man and admit the truth when you see it. this is an area where the pc simply blows.

yeah...true 🙁

must use third party skinning and fading and effect tools to get similar effects 🙁

There are some "advances" that aren't worth the time. Saying that has the same effect of saying "you can get tires that are more black on a Dodge Neon than you can on a Viper GTS! The Viper is simply inferior on this!"

WHO CARES about the 3d accel. effects in the gui!? Well, I guess some would. But if it influences your purchase in any way, you have some seriously messed up priorities. 😛