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Has anyone used the Aston desktop shell replacement?

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by oz_media

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More importantly, has anyone used it with Vista yet?

If so, is there really a noticable resource efficiency difference or is it all just a big fat lie?

If you haven't tried it, please download the trial, along with all plugins and skins (if in an office, try on several different machines), then report any issues back here.

http://www.astonshell.com/aston/

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by hal 9000

New Business that you have is it? :D

I have a few test machines here that I can try it on I'll let you know how it went.

Col

by hal 9000

It's a overlay for the desktop and it doesn't appear to make much if any difference to Vista at least.

Col

by oz_media

I have heard mixed opinions, I figured I'd go with opinions i can trust though and ask around here.

It is supposed ot be a whole new shell extension that is a lot faster and more resourcesful than XP and Vista desktops. Apprently it reduces memory wasted on the desktop.

I run a pretty stripped down Vista system, and it runs pretty good but I have a lot of software and run low on resources when really multitasking. My 4GB FLASH drive works well as a memory booster, I thought that this may help too.

I didn't REALLY expect you to download and test it our for me though, I hope it hasn't caused any issues for you.

As always, thanks for being you!

by hal 9000

If something causes problems I just blow away that load and clone back from the Image for these machines.

Though I'll be a bit restricted in what I can do maybe as I have just been told that a friend was hit by a car. Way too painful to try to kill yourself that way but for some reason he tried maybe his girlfriend told him it was off or something, well his girlfriend in his mind at least but I don't think that happened as she likes the way he hands out money and come running when she calls. :D

As this happened late tonight here I guess that I'll have to retrieve his work car and take some things to him in the meat works so I may be away a bit today and not get much done. Seems that having bone poke out of his broken leg was a bit off putting to him at least and he wimped out and wanted a Ambulance. So this looks like a long stay and because the surgeon that I had lined up for Steffi's Op is demanding that I follow this up I suppose that I had better as I like his Scotch and he might stop handing it out. Or worse blackmail me again when he next sees me. :^0

Anyway I'll let you know how things go but it was a small download and a quick install so no harm done. When I get a chance I'll try it on a NB with limited resources and see how it goes the ones that I've tried it on have all been desktops so maybe that's not a fair test. ;)

Col

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