Space the final frontier ……. OK, I had to say that – it’s a Star Trek review. Growing up in the seventies and eighties I fondly remember watching Star Trek. It was action, adventure and cool futuristic tech. Many modern devices are analogous to the devices used in Gene Roddenbery’s created universe. Modern cell phones can trace their inspiration to the communicators from Star Trek. PDAs and smart phones are Tricorder like in today’s world. Love it or hate it Star Trek’s societal impact can be felt even forty years after its start. Today’s review item is from the Skins Factory who are renowned for their ability to skin OSes – making them look totally different and unique. Their Hyperdesk division has been morphing Windows XP desktops for several years, now they are bringing Windows Vista into the party and one of their first offerings is the Star Trek: The Original Series Hyperdesk Suite. Trekkers and Windows skinner can now make their Windows machine look like something out of the 23rd century. The Skins Factory Hyperdesk division is the same group that has provided Alienware with their unique PC interfaces, so we know the art will be first rate. It runs as a self contained program converts the bland Windows desktop into something unique. Previous Windows skinning programs required a dedicated program running to perform the conversion; The Skins Factory version uses the built in engine to change the Windows desktop appearance. Hyperdesk runs within the memory of the OS, so any changes can be undone with a click of a button as the system files are never altered. It works with or without Aero depending on which flavor of Vista the user is running and whether the PC has enough power. Let’s take a closer look…….
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