There are many, many good alternative shells out there. I suggest installing ShellON, or another shell switching app, and try several.
Shareware Shells:
Object Desktop
Winstep
Aston
Talisman (my fave...)
SharpE (Excellent)
Open Source:
Geoshell (Like sharpE, only more useful)
Litestep (A must)
Game OS (for gaming)
Serenade (pretty, but not for me)
Blackbox (yeah, black box runs on windows too)
BlueBox
I think alot of you are missing the primary reason for switching shells-reclaiming system resources. I run a laptop as my primary system, and it starts overheating at idle because explorer sucks up most of the systems resources.
It's like installing a sports exhaust system in your honda. It breathes alot freer, runs faster, and has more horespower.
An looks good too.
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There are many, many good alternative shells out there. I suggest installing ShellON, or another shell switching app, and try several. Shareware Shells: Object Desktop Winstep Aston Talisman (my fave...) SharpE (Excellent) Open Source: Geoshell (Like sharpE, only more useful) Litestep (A must) Game OS (for gaming) Serenade (pretty, but not for me) Blackbox (yeah, black box runs on windows too) BlueBox I think alot of you are missing the primary reason for switching shells-reclaiming system resources. I run a laptop as my primary system, and it starts overheating at idle because explorer sucks up most of the systems resources. It's like installing a sports exhaust system in your honda. It breathes alot freer, runs faster, and has more horespower. An looks good too.