I know everybody is thinking, “Why do I put so many old theme icons on the site?”. The answer is because they look so cool and I think they look the best on any desktop. My favorite icon in this pack is the brush and bucket. I promise the next featured icon will not have an old theme.

Title: Old School Icons
Author: vistaicons.com
Download:

Download Old School Icons Here

This Vista theme has achieved a great balance between being dark but not depressing. I like the black and gray Start menu and taskbar. Even the transparency effect is dark which gives this theme a cool feel. I like the blue and green laser background better then the leaf one because it brings a great flow to the whole package.

If you want to use this theme on any version of Windows XP, you have to download the XP Theme Patcher.
Title: UltimateDark
Author: r3c1pr0c17y
Download:

Download Vista UltimateDark for Vista Here

I’ve given away some mousepads, headwear, reading material and a couple of software licenses before but I think this might top all of that in terms of size, weight, usefulness and most importantly, value.

Some of you might remember the HP Pavilion HDX 9000 “Dragon” Entertainment Notebook (possibly inspired by War and Peace) computer I reviewed last September, well there’s no better way to put it except HP is giving 31 (thirty-one) of them away. This site will be giving away one of them.

If the sheer number of them isn’t existing enough, the upgraded model they’re giving away is actually not even fresh on the market. The specifications include:

• Operating system: Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel Core2 Extreme Processor X9000 (2.80GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
• Display: 20.1″ diagonal WUXGA High-Definition HP Ultra Brightview Widescreen (1920×1200)
• Memory: 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• Graphics Card: 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
• Personalization: HP Imprint Finish (Dragon) + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone
• Networking: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection and Bluetooth(TM)
• Hard Drive: 500GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (250GB x 2)
• Optical: Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer
• TV & Entertainment Experience: Integrated HP HDTV Hybrid TV Tuner and 4 Altec

Yes, it's true - there's a new GP guide out there from Microsoft...

Check it out here - it's pretty cool!

<source>

Written by Madhukar on April 29th, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on otherSoftware and Benchmark and Xp Vs Vista and Vista service pack 1.