The Post Your Desktop Thread

[Fahd]

I guess I should 'un-lurk' once in awhile:

Originally Posted by Mooglar

Also why do u guys use the taskbar... the one on the right with all the gadgets on it for vista... its an extreme processor hog... even after sp2 it's still slows down the computer =/

. I'd say the problem is with your computer, as Sidebar only uses ~45 MB's of memory on my computer:



As for why I have those gadgets:

• The clock is there as it's easier/quicker to read than the system tray clock,
• The weather gadget is there for getting a weather forecast (it has a pop-out section giving the forecast for the next few days),
• The slide-show gadget serves no purpose other than to show off artwork I found interesting, and
• The RSS Feed gadget is there so I can keep track of fansubs as they come out.

[killer911]

Originally Posted by Ichihara Asako

That's actually an inumimi (dog) ^^;

My site has a collection of various mimi wallpapers; http://kemonomimi.pipefox.org/index....ive=1&filter=6 (1920x1200, most are croppable to smaller sizes, though) -- many regular daily images are useable as wallpapers at lower resolutions, too.

Meh, I love anything with ears and a tail! lol

[AnimeTheme]

A desktop which looks plain and dull at the first glance...

Spoiler:

can be something totally different when you actually see it IN ACTION~!

Originally Posted by Fahd

. I'd say the problem is with your computer, as Sidebar only uses ~45 MB's of memory on my computer:

Another (serious) gadget user here say hi. Even for my somewhat flashy Sidebar setup, the whole process still uses just around 60MB RAM on my PC (I can make it even smaller, but the extra RAM consumption significantly reduces the number file I/O operations required by my gadgets and improves system performance).

[killer911]

Originally Posted by AnimeTheme

A desktop which looks plain and dull at the first glance...

Spoiler:

can be something totally different when you actually see it IN ACTION~!

Spoiler for snip:

Another (serious) gadget user here say hi. Even for my somewhat flashy Sidebar setup, the whole process still uses just around 60MB RAM on my PC (I can make it even smaller, but the extra RAM consumption significantly reduces the number file I/O operations required by my gadgets and improves system performance).

Whoah! Is that program something you can download? If so, where can I get it?

[incorrupts]

Spoiler for guren, lol:

[Waking_Dreamer]

Spoiler for messy desktop:

[Emerald Emblem]

Heart this one, the Bands all there, had to resize it to fit my computers dimensions but it was worth it.

[chikorita157]

Updated Desktop:


Click on Thumb for bigger image.

Wallpaper source is on description of screenshot
Icons: Ive Drives from Icon Factory and Maji icons/pryTunes
Dock: Dock is from Maji icon set

However, I use Geektool on my Mac which uses even less memory than the Sidebar (about 18MB of memory used) and is alot more lightweight than Dashboard... However, I don't use the sidebar since I only have 2 GB of DDR3 ram installed on my laptop and it's pointless since I never have any use for it.

[Ota-kun]

Originally Posted by chikorita157

Updated Desktop:

I love the moonknives pic.....

*looks for it*

[AnimeTheme]

Originally Posted by killer911

Whoah! Is that program something you can download? If so, where can I get it?

It's "System Animator".

http://www.animetheme.com/sidebar/

[Antares]

Originally Posted by Fahd

. I'd say the problem is with your computer, as Sidebar only uses ~45 MB's of memory on my computer

Only 45 MB? Isn't that still too excessive? That's almost as much as Firefox running on my Windows XP!

[AnimeTheme]

Originally Posted by Antares

Only 45 MB? Isn't that still too excessive? That's almost as much as Firefox running on my Windows XP!

I would be very surprised if you can keep the memory usage of your Firefox that low most of the time, unless you never open more than a page on your browser or something like that.

Whether this is "excessive" or not depends on many factors. I don't think this is a big deal when you have like 2GB or even 4GB RAM, and you rarely use over 75% most of the time.

[chikorita157]

I would be very surprised if you can keep the memory usage of your Firefox that low most of the time, unless you never open more than a page on your browser or something like that.

Whether this is "excessive" or not depends on many factors. I don't think this is a big deal when you have like 2GB or even 4GB RAM, and you rarely use over 75% most of the time.

Dashboard on Mac OS X uses about the same amount of RAM, but I perfer Geektool since it does around the same thing without flashy gadgets with it's small footprint of 10 MB! I really don't need flashy... I just want it to tell information...

But, memory usage is important, especially when you play computer games since most computer games will use up most of that RAM... and lack of RAM will cause the game to run slowly. Also, in most cases, Vista will allocate the free RAM to speed up application launching using Superfetch which is a good thing...

[Antares]

Originally Posted by AnimeTheme

I would be very surprised if you can keep the memory usage of your Firefox that low most of the time, unless you never open more than a page on your browser or something like that.

Whether this is "excessive" or not depends on many factors. I don't think this is a big deal when you have like 2GB or even 4GB RAM, and you rarely use over 75% most of the time.

For casual browsing, I don't usually have more than 3 tabs opened. I've seen memory usage around 50 MB to 80 MB or so. It might get over 100 MB if I'm looking at sites with heavy graphics.

I guess this is just me. I find anything over 10 MB with the sole purpose of making thing look pretty is excessive. But then I also use my computer for work too where I need to run CAD and simulations stuff so having free memory is kinda important.

[Skyy]

Originally Posted by Antares

Only 45 MB? Isn't that still too excessive? That's almost as much as Firefox running on my Windows XP!

I feel like I'm a bad user..... my Firefox uses 350MB xD And all my other modding stuff takes 300-400mb too....... ^^;

btw. Chikorita, I always love your Desktops!^^

[AnimeTheme]

A few days ago while I was listening to some DDR songs, a fancy idea came to my mind... isn't it cool if you can turn your desktop into a DISCO with some Anime babes dancing with the music you are listening?

Spoiler:

DDR (DESKTOP Dance Revolution) Round I: Hatsune Miku vs Lucky Star Cheerleading Team vs Rosario+Vampire Dancers

[NorthernFallout]

Laptop

Spoiler for size:

[GomuBlade]

Has been a while.

[Kyero Fox]

i has a new one, Way better than some little cute girl.

[Tran225]

Originally Posted by AnimeTheme

K-On! Desktop

Spoiler:

Mainly to show off a brand-new concept of desktop slideshow, and some K-On! related gadgets too

can i have source for that wallpaper please xD