Michael Baberick custom-made this look for his system running Windows 7, and it’s a perfect example of using the right tools to add huge amounts of information to a desktop, along with quick access to important folders, while still keeping plenty of room available as a workspace.
If you’re looking to reproduce something similar to Michael’s desktop, here’s what you’ll need:
- The Shine 2.0 theme for Windows 7
- Rainmeter
- Omnimo 3.1 for Rainmeter
- iTunes Player 2 for Rainmeter
- ToxxWeather for Rainmeter
If you’re interested in the desktop wallpaper itself, Michael says that it’s an original and that he’s planning on posting it soon.
Desktop by Michael Baberick [Flickr]
Is there any similar sort of way to do that with Mac OSX?
Run Windows 7 as a virtual machine.
also, W7 is a better OS anyway
Wow, helpful Chris.
*very, very slow clap*
Ignoring the stupid fanboy comment posted above, GeekTool (http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/) does a similair job in OS X.
There are also plenty of tutorials already written to help get you started.
I wish there was something more rainmeter-ish than geektool… I can never quite get my head around it. Used to love rainmeter when I was on Win