Post Your Desktop... again [Archive]

Bruce

February 4th, 2003, 19:34

Well, seeing as we have another post your pic thread, I guess it's about time for another desktop thread. No one keeps the same background image that long anyway, right? ;)

Mine: http://thaportal.com/desktop.jpg

So, let's see some nice desktops.

Oh, yeah, one other thing. Does anyone know some good sites, other than http://artofgregmartin.com to get some nice large (>=1600x1200) backgrounds?

Robert

February 4th, 2003, 19:45

http://verohost.com/desktop.png

But will change it soon.

Daniel

February 4th, 2003, 20:17

www.oc-clan.net/desktop.jpg

dsgdevil

February 4th, 2003, 20:22

here

http://spiritofice.net/desktop.png
and here's one i used before
http://spiritofice.net/desktop.jpg

Cagez

February 4th, 2003, 20:24

http://cmn.cc/cap.jpg

Coolin

February 4th, 2003, 20:51

My desktop is a classic:
http://coolin.koolplace.com/desktop.gif

Wojtek

February 4th, 2003, 21:00

Originally posted by Coolin
My desktop is a classic:
http://coolin.koolplace.com/desktop.gif
Formated this afternoon? :classic2:

dsgdevil

February 4th, 2003, 21:02

Originally posted by Cagez
http://cmn.cc/cap.jpg
where's ur My Computer and Trash ect. ?:confused: :confused2

Wojtek

February 4th, 2003, 21:12

Originally posted by dsgdevil
where's ur My Computer and Trash ect. ?:confused: :confused2
The girl in the bg must have been hungry :classic2:

Cagez

February 4th, 2003, 21:52

Originally posted by dsgdevil
where's ur My Computer and Trash ect. ?:confused: :confused2
Trash is behind the MSN notice thingy and I don't have My COmputer on my desktop --I just press WinKey+E to get to it :classic2:

Daniel

February 4th, 2003, 22:19

Originally posted by Wojtek
Formated this afternoon? :classic2:

I don't think so. I think he just leaves his desktop like that.

Coolin

February 4th, 2003, 22:35

Originally posted by Daniel
I don't think so. I think he just leaves his desktop like that. Note that I didn't show my Start menu :p

Resshin

February 4th, 2003, 23:50

wow...my desktop is nothing compared to yours....:o
http://breezeland.com/~resshin/desk.jpg

Gayowulf

February 5th, 2003, 00:03

here's my desktop

http://24.69.69.207/fws/dtop.jpg

Blank Verse

February 5th, 2003, 00:40

That's great Gayo. It almost rival my "desktop" for messiest ever.

By the way Bruce, I don't think my background image has changed in 2 years.

jgiam

February 5th, 2003, 01:42

Here's mine
http://www.jgiam.com/images/wallpaper.jpg
:)

CareBear

February 5th, 2003, 02:47

at least I know there's someone else with a multimonitor desktop... I'm not alone! :D

Bruce

February 5th, 2003, 05:20

Originally posted by CareBear
at least I know there's someone else with a multimonitor desktop... I'm not alone! :D I should probably pick up another cheap 19" when they're on sale again...

3584x1344... that would be nice.

nitroboy

February 5th, 2003, 05:42

my boring desktop here (http://www.waveracer.net/desktop.jpg)

sophie

February 5th, 2003, 07:13

Originally posted by jgiam
Here's mine
http://www.jgiam.com/images/wallpaper.jpg
:)
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen? WHY????

Toefur

February 5th, 2003, 08:04

What! THose olsen chicks are hot, Yo! Mmmmmmm, yummy! :biggrin2:

Haha, I love it Gayo...

and sure, the rest of you have cool desktops too...

Now here's mine, it's the one from my laptop... not the puter i'm using now... http://toefur.com/straightedge/fileman/desktop.jpg

jgiam

February 5th, 2003, 19:46

Originally posted by sophie
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen? WHY????

cos they make my heart melt.... :confused2 :nervous: :o

CareBear

February 6th, 2003, 05:23

Originally posted by Bruce
I should probably pick up another cheap 19" when they're on sale again...

3584x1344... that would be nice. what are you using as second display adapter? I found it to be insanely difficult to still find a decent PCI video card almost two years ago, can't imagine still being able to find one anymore now

Bruce

February 6th, 2003, 05:28

I'm not using anything as a second display adapter yet--I still only have one monitor.

It's not too hard finding a decent PCI video car though. Most computer stores still stock plenty Radeon 7000/7500 and GF4 MX cards.

Then again, I could always just use my onboard video for a second monitor.

awayfromforum

February 6th, 2003, 10:12

i need to start working on my active desktop. I am probably for now gonna use a Hitman 2 background, i like that game. After that ill probably cook something boring up, or get my norwegian friend to make me something.

We shall see what the future brings us.

CareBear

February 6th, 2003, 11:03

Originally posted by Bruce
I'm not using anything as a second display adapter yet--I still only have one monitor.

It's not too hard finding a decent PCI video car though. Most computer stores still stock plenty Radeon 7000/7500 and GF4 MX cards.

Then again, I could always just use my onboard video for a second monitor. Lucky you then. I had to go with a second hand TNT2 then. It's exceptional if a store still has a PCI video card here and then it's either a 4Mb card or a $200 one which I just wasn't willing to spend on a secondary video adapter.

GregT

February 6th, 2003, 16:08

http://www.yupadog.com/ababa.jpeg
http://www.yupadog.com/ababa.jpg

awayfromforum

February 7th, 2003, 07:57

this is my desktop right now:
http://vectorstar.net/~xpfreak/cool_pictures/dtop/

Its the one with the newest date ;)

Active dtop was created using madmatt's tutorial:

http://innovations.madmatt.net/hosting/ntfs/tutorials/activedesktop.php

Nick

February 7th, 2003, 12:43

Here's my desktop. Simplicity is the key.

murat

February 7th, 2003, 13:22

whats the point having a desktop picture ? it just a waste of RAM !

awayfromforum

February 8th, 2003, 08:06

Originally posted by murat
whats the point having a desktop picture ? it just a waste of RAM !

Well, some people like me are fortunate to have 1 GB of ram in their boxes, meaning its just a little bit gone.

Windows with all my IM's and everything started uses 200 MB of ram for me. The rest can go to games and everything if i play them.

CareBear

February 8th, 2003, 09:07

Originally posted by X-Istence
Well, some people like me are fortunate to have 1 GB of ram in their boxes, meaning its just a little bit gone.

Windows with all my IM's and everything started uses 200 MB of ram for me. The rest can go to games and everything if i play them. how many of those do you use? :confused2
my Win2k starts with about 60Mb of RAM used

awayfromforum

February 8th, 2003, 09:57

Originally posted by CareBear
how many of those do you use? :confused2
my Win2k starts with about 60Mb of RAM used

Windows XP :), but do note that i do NOT have swap, so everything gets dumped in mem, instead of about 100 MB or so in swap.

CareBear

February 8th, 2003, 10:15

Originally posted by X-Istence
Windows XP :), but do note that i do NOT have swap, so everything gets dumped in mem, instead of about 100 MB or so in swap. I just set my swapfile to 0.. 59160K in use after a reboot, same as before. It does climb up fast towards 400-500Mb if things like Photoshop or Dreamweaver or AutoCAD are open.
Also it doesn't really change that much if you turn the swap file off. Executable and DLL's and the like are opened by the loader as memory mapped files. Just part of the file will actually reside in memory, parts that haven't been accessed yet will be mapped into the memory space but will be backed by your HD and not actual memory until they're used.