For the vista/win7 users

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: Insomniator
OFF

 

[KoolDrew]

I don't use it at all. It's the first thing I disable.

 

[Linflas]

Off in Vista, I may make use of a few gadgets in Windows 7 since they are no longer tied to the sidebar application.

 

[Aikouka]

On my main machine, the sidebar is turned off. On my media PC, the clock, weather and I think performance are showing. On my laptop I have the clock one turned on (but I might turn this off).

 

[Babbles]

Pandora, App Launcher, Live Search, Clock, Calender, Weather, CPU/RAM gauge.

I like the Sidebar well enough; I don't use the Live Search box so much, and I especially love having Pandora as a gadget.

 

[nakedfrog]

I don't use it on my laptop, but on my desktop there's weather, clock, CPU/RAM meter, photos, and RSS feed.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Silly me, If I want to know the weather I just look out the window.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Silly me, If I want to know the weather I just look out the window.

WTF denseness is this?

You do realize there are other locations besides those outside your window, right? Also in case you didn't know this, the weather can change over the course of the day.

Do you have a kick-ass window that can show you what the weather will likely be over the next few days. If so, I totally need to get one of those windows.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Silly me, If I want to know the weather I just look out the window.

Can you judge temperature just by looking out the window?

I sure as hell can't.

 

[ViviTheMage]

nothing, hate it!

 

[KeithTalent]

Weather, clock, CPU & Memory usage, and Calvin & Hobbes.

KT

 

[lokiju]

I turned it off.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Weather, clock, CPU & Memory usage, and Calvin & Hobbes.

KT

C&H? Where'd you get that one?

 

[JasonSix78]

It's the first thing I turn off when I install Vista.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Weather, clock, CPU & Memory usage, and Calvin & Hobbes.

KT

C&H? Where'd you get that one?

http://www.vistasidebar.com/vsb/content/view/40/

KT

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Weather, clock, CPU & Memory usage, and Calvin & Hobbes.

KT

C&H? Where'd you get that one?

http://www.vistasidebar.com/vsb/content/view/40/

KT

:heart:

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
Don't use it.

^^

 

[mixxedstuff]

Clock, Headlines, Coretemp, Weather, Pandora

though I never really use the clock, since it's easier to read the digital display at the bottom right of the screen.

 

[Sureshot324]

No sidebar. It's a huge resource hog considering what it does.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

No sidebar for me.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
Don't use it.

 

[JasonCoder]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: JasonCoder

Originally posted by: lxskllr
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/853/sidebarx.jpg

I'm digging your last three. What are they? I ditched the out of the box CPU meter cuz I read it was a resource hog.

Third from the bottom is the All CPU Meter. If you have Speedfan installed it gives 3 temps. Where it says CPU on mine, I have it reading the GPU. I haven't gotten around to changing the text. The one's on the cores measure the core temp.
http://addgadget.com/

Second from the bottom is a network meter. It just shows traffic coming and going, and a coarse speed.
I can't find a link to the gadget. There's others, but if you want this one, I can post it up somewhere.

Bottom is a drive utilization gadget. It's sometimes interesting to see what's going on with your drives.
http://sascha.katzner.de/driveactivity.html

Thank you sir!

I feel like I've had my head in the sand. I'm rockin 4 new gadgets. Last time I checked into gadgets there wasn't anything I wanted. Thanks all.

 

[tasmanian]

Network. Most of the time I have maximized stuff so I dont see it often.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
Don't use it.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Never used Vista. No need for the sidebar in Windows 7.