Nope. Maybe something will come along with Vista

I would suspect a very small % of new computers will be coming with the 64 bit version of Vista.

Many of our products do support 64 bit, but bootskin & logonstudio are free & unsupported tools which means they get less attention.

I believe the Vista version of logonstudio does support 64 bit.

I guess thats a no...too bad i was hoping there would be somthing that would work.

While I understand the issues surrounding companies writing or modifying software that isn't used much, how is technology going to grow if the front line (developers) are unwilling to do the programming? I'm not jumping on Stardock, they've been pretty responsive as far as I know, but you hear the same line (like above) from many, many developers, "No, we won't be working on that."

People are always bitching about how unstable and buggy windows is, but one of the biggest problems is that every new version is required to be backward compatible with all the previous versions and software that's outdated. At least the jump to 64-bit draws a line in the sand where software development has to be of a specific standard to run. Then, if you program directly for it, everybody reaps benefits.

It's been a longtime habit of the software industry to rely on hardware to improve the speed of their software and not to re-write their code to take better advantages of modern hardware.

The bottom line is, "it doesn't make enough money for us, so we're not doing it."

It's a crying shame that Microsoft comes out with a product designed to look toward the future and it's absolutely shunned by the majority of developers. What's the point in a super OS if none of your applications take advantage of it?

Bootskin is just one in an avalanche of applications that could benefit from an update. Not necessarily because of what it does by itself, but what it does for setting an example to other developers.

Can't help it, have to throw out an opinion.

I like bootskin, but if I were Stardock and having to update 10 or 20 or however many pieces of software to xp64bit, Vista32bit, Vista64bit, and whatever else, the software that only shows for about 10 seconds at startup would be the last one I'd worry about. I'm ok with that.

when you're only business is customizing the OS, I'd say they're all on your plate to work on. While some of the applications are fantastic, I do believe that some use specific applications more than others. I'd venture a guess that bootskin is probably one of the few that everybody can benefit from universally. While I love windowblinds, I do benefit on a different scale between my work pc and home pc. I have a friend that doesn't even use it - sees no need for it.

If you look at the list of applications that Stardock has, many of them are becoming defunct due to newer programs that do something better. Three of the programs on object desktop haven't been touched since 2005. There are only around 15 that have seen development since June 2006.

Bootskin is free. That's why it's on the bottom of the list. If there was a charge for it, there would be some incentive to improve it.

A direct correlation is Objectdock. Started free, then became a sales item and has advanced on a regular, if not frequent, basis.

"Fact is Brad said it would be done so it will be. The bootskin shall live on."


*Said in my best Snidley Whiplash voice*
Curses!! Foiled again!!