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    any of you guys try bumptop 3d yet?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by trvelbug, Mar 7, 2010.

  1. trvelbug

    trvelbug Notebook Prophet

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    http://bumptop.com/

    i really dont have much in desktop, its basically a black background with 3 icons, but my gf loves this on her macbook.
    havent seen it in action though.

    have you guys tried it ?
     
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  2. Todd4300nc

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    Looks petty cool I'll give it a try.

    I have downloaded it and just started to play with it. Seems like it could be a nice desktop enhancement. Only time will tell as I usually don't keep these enhancements very long.
     
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    tell me what you think
    i dont use stuff like this too bt may give it a try
     
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    Looks nice, I'm not one for Desktop Enhancements, but, I may give this a try once I get my Win7 up!
     
    Joel, Mar 7, 2010
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    I tried it awhile back but got bored with it and dumped it.
     
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    yeah its been out a while
    was it responsive and fast?
    use a lot of cpu cycles?
    load a few processes/services at startup?
     
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    I played with it a long time ago on my Windows XP machine, but then I realized I don't need it since I don't have any desktop icons :rolleyes:
     
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    I tried a earlier version before and it didn't really interest me too much. I guess this is great for a tablet.
     
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    I played with it but the 3d-ness clocks up my GPU and kills my battery life. Not quite for me, but it does what it's designed to do very well!
     
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    Yeah I was thinking it would work great on a tablet. I'm like others in that I don't usually keep a lot of icons and clutter on my desktop but this does allow you to do just that and still keep it clean or hidden.

    It would be very useful to someone that keeps lots of links, shortcuts etc on the desktop.
     
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    I don't pay attention to most of that stuff. As long as my notebook doesn't blow up, I could care less about the cycles or how many processes are running. I do pay attention to heat, but there really isn't any on this notebook. ;)
     
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    it's pretty responsive on my notebook. Kind of fun to link / shortcut bowl. put a bunch of shortcuts etc in an area grab one of the shortcuts and fling it at the others
     
    Todd4300nc, Mar 8, 2010
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