swimming fish background??

[blurredvision]

I saw this Mac on display at CompUSA the other day with an aquarium type background, with the fish swimming around in real time. Can I get something like this for my background on my Windows XP machine??

 

[Zim Hosein]

It's available w/ the Plus! Pack for Win XP

 

[NutBucket]

With the active fish?

<-- Fiddling with it now.

 

[notfred]

the fish your talking about is the same fish screensaver that everone's seen (you can get it at serenescreen.com). OS X 10.2 has a feature called Quartz Extreme that uses OpenGL to render the desktop in hardware on your video card. It also allows you to use the OpenGL fish screensaver as wallpaper.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: notfred
the fish your talking about is the same fish screensaver that everone's seen (you can get it at serenescreen.com). OS X 10.2 has a feature called Quartz Extreme that uses OpenGL to render the desktop in hardware on your video card. It also allows you to use the OpenGL fish screensaver as wallpaper.

So in other words, buy a Mac to use do that

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: notfred
the fish your talking about is the same fish screensaver that everone's seen (you can get it at serenescreen.com). OS X 10.2 has a feature called Quartz Extreme that uses OpenGL to render the desktop in hardware on your video card. It also allows you to use the OpenGL fish screensaver as wallpaper.

So in other words, buy a Mac to use do that

Yeah You can use the same screensaver in windows, but if you want to use it as wallpaper, I beleive the mac is your only option.

 

[lowtech1]

Yes you can, but the good ones are shareware therefore you gotta paid for it.

Aquatica Waterworlds

SereneScreen Marine Aquarium

 

[blurredvision]

Looks like the Aquatica Waterworlds is what I'm looking for.

I was wanting a background, not a screensaver.

I was hoping to get the background working on my dual monitors, in which the second monitor goes largely unused. So while I'm surfing the internet, I wanted to look at something pretty on the other monitor.

EDIT: Wait, I saw them mention backgrounds on their website. Is it a wallpaper or screensaver?

 

[notfred]

I'm pretty sure the one you saw on the mac was serenescreen and not aquatica waterworlds. Either way, cant use them as wallpaper in windows.

Why get two monitors just to use one as avirtual aquarium?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: WoodchuckCharlie
Looks like the Aquatica Waterworlds is what I'm looking for.

I was wanting a background, not a screensaver.

I was hoping to get the background working on my dual monitors, in which the second monitor goes largely unused. So while I'm surfing the internet, I wanted to look at something pretty on the other monitor.

EDIT: Wait, I saw them mention backgrounds on their website. Is it a wallpaper or screensaver?

Wallpaper by the looks of it.

 

[blurredvision]

I didn't get the other just to use it as a virtual aquarium. I just have it because my video card supported it, and I had the chance to get another monitor very cheap, so here I sit with dual monitors.

Just trying to find something decent to do with the wallpaper I see most of the time on the second monitor.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: notfred
the fish your talking about is the same fish screensaver that everone's seen (you can get it at serenescreen.com). OS X 10.2 has a feature called Quartz Extreme that uses OpenGL to render the desktop in hardware on your video card. It also allows you to use the OpenGL fish screensaver as wallpaper.

ah so thats why dock animations and stuff are so smooth. gah damn windows.

 

[blurredvision]

So is there anything like Quartz Extreme for Windows at the moment??

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: WoodchuckCharlie
So is there anything like Quartz Extreme for Windows at the moment??

Not that I know of.