My current Laptop's look. While some probably say ewwww vista, complain about its shortcomings, etc.

Well..... Jokes on you I say. Thats WinXP with the Vista TF pack 6.0 Final. So I get the uber fancy look, but without software incompatibilities (especially since i still use some older freeware programs), hardware incompatibilites, assaulted with prompts, and sluggishness (tried a friend's vista and it took over 5 min to start up x.x )

Well as i said, with this i get the fancy look without the drawbacks.

http://www.thoosje.com/vista-transf.....tion-pack.html

For those wanting the fancy Aero effect and transparencies you'll also need windowblinds 5.0 or higher.

The sidebar that Thoosje made doesnt use the real vista gadgets just yet. so that can always be skipped during the installation.

For the Menu emulation, you'll need MS Framework 2.0 and vista startmenu emulator.

http://vseproject.blog.extra.hu/