KingOfChaos <KingOfChaos.35vfi4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in
news:KingOfChaos.35vfi4@no-mx.forums.net:
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> Sets their computer for best performance rather than best appearance?[/color]
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> personally couldn't care what the GUI for Windows looks like, so I have
> it set to best performance so all my programs run faster.[/color]

Personally, I usually turn of most of the eye-candy....fading menus,
min/max animations, etc. I leave the window theming on, and show drop-
shadows on desktop icons (but that is ONLY to get icon text w/o a solid
background.) What I can't stand is just plain windows with square
corners. I think you would hard pressed to prove any performance loss
with themed windows.

Then, I installed Ubuntu on a spare HD, and installed the Compiz Advanced
Effect's control panel and was able to set the effects to what I wanted,
where I wanted. I was somewhat blown-away by it. It actually worked, and
worked _very well_. So well that it wasn't a distraction at all. It took
a day or 2 to get used to it, but when all is said and done, it really
did add to the experience and there was nothing negative to say about it.

Mind you, I only had a _few_ of the effects enabled, and my favorite is
the 'flame' transition which I set for when a window was closed. There's
no need to go overboard and use everything.

DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t> wrote in
news:Xns9A5A4D3508693thisnthatadelphianet@207.46.248.16:
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> Then, I installed Ubuntu on a spare HD, and installed the Compiz[/color]

I forgot to mention something....VERY IMPORTANT.

My OP was in no way, shape, or form stating any OS is better than any other
OS....just my opinion of eye-candy.