# Vista users - What are your favorite gadgets? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 13, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465 "2009-03-13T22:05:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/1 "2009-03-13T22:05:25Z")
I’m looking for a bunch now… I like the CPU/RAM monitors… I have a couple running now and I’ll narrow it down to 1 after some use. Weather. Notepad. Calendar. You guys have anything cool? I’m going to look for a program that will surf a directory and change my desktop, like a screen saver would… but the desktop itself. I never run a screen saver. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/2 "2009-03-13T22:20:42Z")
i turned that off it annoys me ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/3 "2009-03-13T22:22:07Z")
I have a lot of real estate. For the first time in my life, I’m not maximizing all of my windows all of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Djs87](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djs87/32/5132_2.png) [@Djs87](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Djs87)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/4 "2009-03-13T22:37:59Z")
Its def nice having a 24’’ monitor or larger. It leaves room for all that stuff, but I still find all I keep open for resource purposes is AIM on the right side of the screen and firefox takes up the rest. I got over the coolness of the gadgets after the first couple weeks of vista. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/5 "2009-03-13T22:49:09Z")
Wireless network monitor, stock ticker, google search gadget, itunes remote ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/6 "2009-03-13T23:05:23Z")
Stock ticker, cpu/memory usage and network monitor. Other than that it annoys me and takes up space. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/7 "2009-03-13T23:14:35Z")
nothing on the desktop…Calendar and Sabres score on the laptop. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/8 "2009-03-14T11:47:28Z")
After a little time playing around… CPU/RAM that came with it Magic 8 ball… made me stay on until 2 this morning. It kept telling me to surf more porn. Calc 2 more CPU/RAM dealies with the cores broken out. Just something to watch. Some processes rape one core and the other are just chilling… Weather Calendar Notepad [![http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/JACK1992VR4/th_desktop.jpg](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/JACK1992VR4/th_desktop.jpg)](http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/JACK1992VR4/?action=view¤t=desktop.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/9 "2009-03-14T11:49:58Z")
I couldn’t read the damn gadgets, so I don’t have them. ---
**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/10 "2009-03-14T12:05:02Z")
hey, wheres the one with the cores broken down? I get sick of having to open speedfan ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/11 "2009-03-14T12:25:32Z")
I’m new to vista, and just started playing with the sidebar today… this thread is good timing lol. Currently: Weather Calender Itunes Gmail Checker All CPU Meter (this one shows the cores, Treads4Heads) ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/12 "2009-03-14T12:46:05Z")
Where are you guys getting your gadgets from? I haven’t bothered with them yet but this thread has me curious. ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/13 "2009-03-14T13:23:03Z")
> [@fiend540](#): > > Where are you guys getting your gadgets from? I haven’t bothered with them yet but this thread has me curious. . ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/14 "2009-03-15T20:10:17Z")
Umm… Right click on the Sidebar. Add gadgets. Get Gadgets Online. Then just go through whatever you want. There are several different CPU/RAM options out there, so get all of them and then find out which one you like most. ---
**Author:** ![maverick27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maverick27/32/4946_2.png) [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/15 "2009-03-15T21:00:11Z")
thanks for the info, my new laptop with vista 64 should be here tuesday… ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/16 "2009-03-15T21:38:32Z")
My favorite Vista gadget was the ability of the hardware to support XP as well 🙂 Sorry… not a fan of Vista still. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/17 "2009-03-16T06:11:18Z")
1920x1200 on my 17" laptop and that gadget still annoys the shit out of me. I just use SplitView to split up my monitor up into virtual screens so nothing is maximized. Other than that, Trillian and everything I am not working on is minimized. ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-users-what-are-your-favorite-gadgets/64465/18 "2009-03-16T10:34:30Z")
cpu/ram meter ebay window news headlines google search weather