messiah,
Do not adjust your crosshairs. Repeat: Do not adjust your point-of-aim. High-and-to-the-right is invalid. Ten-ring all the way. Curious to see what sort of response this thread/post will generate. I'm an XP PRO SP2 user, and aim to be as long as possible. No V-word yet, although bloody M'soft just made me reactivate windows or else! Gave me three days.
Took TWO hours!
As for the *ahem* topic: yes, me too...
If I go to Stardock's site, to see if anything is really new, I find a lot of the same skins, themes that have been up for, well, take the premiums, as you mentioned. They're really quite dusty and in need of...something, since many of them are from years ago, and although very well-done, simply lack the WOW-factor of the newest creations I find in the "Newest" gallery. If I put those older themes/skins/GUI-enhancements next to, say,
current works by some of the more accomplished author-coders here, they seem quite pale by comparison. If there could be upgrades to, say, Universe Metal, Logika and others that are offered as Premium Suites, perhaps that would inject some pizazz into the offerings. Maybe I'm just jaded, and need to get outside and offline more now that Summer's here in the Rockies. I did throw a temper tantrum about 2003 or so, and didn't even plug my PC in 'til a couple years ago. Just a laptop for basic tasks. I'd love for Stardock et Cie. to kick it up a notch, but am puzzled as to just what might constitute such a step. I'll join ya in the dunking booth or stockades or whatever might happen here. It could get violent, though... Er, here goes...
