®®® Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 DesktopEarth Desktop Earth is a wallpaper generator for Windows. It runs whenever you're logged on and updates your wallpaper with an accurate representation of the Earth as it would be seen from space at that precise moment. Images are created from high-resolution textures (2560x1280) so it's perfect for that QSXGA display - but they work on anything, even on SVGA. There is an image for every month to accurately depict snow and foliage changes, and the night view is simply stunning. The imagery is based on NASA's Blue Marble Next and Earth's City Lights. This is for Windows only. Desktop Earth will sit in your systray, run whenever you are logged on, and continuously update your wallpaper with an accurate representation of the Earth. There is no limit on the resolution, and the imagery is calculated from high-resolution 2560x1280 textures, so you can go wild with it even on 30" flat panel displays. Multi-monitor configurations are also supported. Download and Changelog 6 Megabytes to download, ~40 Megabytes after installation. Tested on Windows XP 32 and 64 bit versions. Should work on older Windows variants as well. I tested it on VISTA x64 and it runs fine. Highly recommended :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bades Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 I have this wallpaper and I second that recommendation!!! Well worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damstachizz Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) Running this now. Lags the crap out of my computer when downloading things, using itunes, and Frostwire all at the same time when updating (set to every minute in hope for seeing some sort of incredible astronomical event), but i seriously think this is a simple problem of my Ram. Edited July 11, 2008 by damstachizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted July 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 As far from what i understood it only download cloud updates. Else it uses premade pictures which you can find in the installation folder. You can disable the clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bruce Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks for this post. I tried a couple of earth wallpapers. I settled on Living Earth Desktop (from http://gimmegoody.com ). It is similar to Desktop Earth but it has some other nice features. e.g. it can show weather info and time zones on the map and there is a screen saver too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radixxx Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Thanks for this post. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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