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Postby SSS » Sun 01 Jan, 2006 5:22 pm

My latest Windows XP Desktop (1-06):

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Postby beanboy89 » Fri 06 Jan, 2006 10:28 pm

Here's my Windows XP desktop on my AMD system, with a few TweakUI customizations that I use, and winver.exe open for reference.

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Postby TK19 » Sat 07 Jan, 2006 9:25 am

My current desktop on my G4, that I made in Photoshop Elements:

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Postby Antony » Sat 07 Jan, 2006 9:53 am

My Windows XP desktop theme using beanboy89's Christmas theme.
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It's Windows XP under Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac under Mac OS X 10.4.3 "Tiger", on a real Mac of course.

You can download Beanboy89's Christmas Theme from this link.
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Photographic Magic

Postby FrankoSport » Thu 12 Jan, 2006 3:19 pm

Greetings ...

Part of a 1950s Kodak camera and film ad -- click on image for larger view

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And here's the image by itself - click away
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Postby beanboy89 » Sun 29 Jan, 2006 10:47 pm

Here's my curent Windows XP Home desktop, featuring an image I created in Photoshop Elements.

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Re: Photographic Magic

Postby Antony » Sun 29 Jan, 2006 10:54 pm

FrankoSport wrote:Greetings ...

Part of a 1950s Kodak camera and film ad -- click on image for larger view

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Interesting old ads.

What's the “color reversal filmâ€
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Postby Antony » Sun 29 Jan, 2006 10:56 pm

beanboy89 wrote:Here's my curent Windows XP Home desktop, featuring an image I created in Photoshop Elements.

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Beanboy89,
How do you get that "Microsoft AntiSpyware" in your desktop? Is that from Microsoft?
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Postby beanboy89 » Sun 29 Jan, 2006 11:02 pm

Antony wrote:How do you get that "Microsoft AntiSpyware" in your desktop? Is that from Microsoft?

Yes. That is the icon for Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta.
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Postby FrankoSport » Mon 30 Jan, 2006 11:11 am

Greetings ...

[quote="Antony"]What's the “color reversal filmâ€
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Postby TK19 » Tue 31 Jan, 2006 8:42 pm

Here is my current desktop on my G4

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Postby SSS » Wed 01 Feb, 2006 7:10 am

Here is my desktop, with a cool (well, at least I find cool :P) desktop background I found at digitalblasphemy.com, called "Something Blue".

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The desktop background doesn't look very good on this screenshot, because of the JPEG image compression, but if you actually look at the image at digitalblasphemy.com, it looks much better. :)
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Postby Edward » Sat 04 Feb, 2006 9:00 am

Latest Linux desktop:

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Postby Antony » Sun 05 Feb, 2006 11:52 pm

I know you guys have been waiting for...

The Carlson Twins are back!

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My 386DX-40, 4 MB RAM, WfW 3.11, DOS 6.22, Calmira II shell

Postby David Wonn » Wed 08 Feb, 2006 11:09 pm

Here is a pic of the desktop on my 386DX-40, which I am giving away to my grandmother. It runs Windows for Workgroups 3.11 over MS-DOS 6.22 with the Calmira II shell. It essentially turns this old PC into something that is usable, with the aid of several tweaks, and looks somewhat "modern." Technically, I could have put the original Windows 95 on there, but then there wouldn't be much room for anything else, plus it would be too slow. In any event, it's a huge upgrade compared to her electronic typewriter. :)
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