From: "Gary Britt" 

What were the top 3 reasons you felt compelled to move from Win2K??

Maybe something's changed since the last time I tried Object Desktop, but I
found it to really slow down the Win2K machine I tried it on.  That was
about 2 years ago, and I was using the demo versions of just some of the
stuff in the full Object Desktop package.  The few I tried slowed things
down so much, I was afraid to try the whole package.

Gary

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> Hi all.
>
> For various reasons, yesterday I ended up moving my ThinkPad to XP Pro.
> There were several comeplling reasons for me to abandon my stalwart Win2K
> install, but in the end, the migration wasn't too bad.  The Upgrade did
NOT
> work, but I didn't lose any data at all.
>
> One of the fist things though that I missed, was my old vernable Object
> Desktop, with it's virtual Desktops.  I've really grown accustomed that
> approach to dealing with multiple apps open.  The version I was running
> before, on Win2K was a REALLY old, original release, and I'd not kept up
> with any upgrades or updates.
>
> So, last night, the first thing I did when I got the rest of the stuff
going
> again, was purchase the latest version.  All I've got to say, is WOW!!  I
> had already changed XP to the Best Performance option, and it was a bit
> snappier, but after loading Object Desktop, and applying one of the skins
> (right now, my XP machine looks like an OSX desktop, and works very much
the
> same, it's even snappier.  Whatever they've done in integrating their code
> into the XP base that allows the skinning, is truly awesome.
>
> One of their cool add-ons, Right Click, allows you to add multiple
> additional items to the RIght Click popup menus.  On the Desktop menu, by
> default, it adds a Programs flyout, which is a list of all your programs,
> like the Start/All Programs.  Just a nice quick way to get at stuff.
>
> I'm digging into the other stuff today, but just wanted to say that it
might
> be worth a look.  I think you can download a demo.  Their price gets you a
> full year of update/new features as they're added.  Anything you download
> during that time period, is yours to keep.  They "system"
uses a download
> manager, to check for latest updates, and handles all the install chores.
>
> Anyway, interesting stuff.
>
>

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