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Windows 7: If you like visual indicators for things like disk capacity, battery life, memory usage, and speaker volume, and you like them prominent and easy to find, SuperbarMonitor puts easy to read indicators right on your Superbar.

Reader pyreƒyre's minimalist desktop moves everything important down into small icons in the corners of the screen, with the weather, date, and application launchers all blended together with a fun wallpaper image to make a great overall desktop look.

Reader A.Nonymous decided to create his own minimalist "undesktop" to keep himself productive—clearing away everything unnecessary, auto-hiding the taskbar, and using keyboard shortcuts to get things done more effectively.The desktop is a combination of:

Windows only: If you've ever come back to your PC and noticed it was rebooted, you might be curious to know exactly when it was shut down, and the Guiding Tech blog has a quick tip to help.

Windows: WinPatrol Plus is a powerful Windows monitoring tool which regularly retails for $40. It's available, today only, for 99 cents.

Reader zalary's Windows desktop puts system monitoring tools, graphs, application launchers, a clock, and the weather into a taskbar across the top of the screen—the impressive thing is how well they are blended together.The desktop is a combination of:

On Linux and Mac systems, the top terminal command gives you a great bird's eye view of what your system is doing. A few helpful keyboard shortcuts make top an even more useful system command tool.

Reader karmat's Windows XP desktop uses the Monochromatic suite to transform his desktop into an amazing piece of artwork—sure, it's got all the system stats and launchers around the corner, but it looks great too. The desktop is a combination of:

Reader Mango Sango's Windows desktop pulls together a bunch of system customization applications that completely transform the interface into something more Mac-like, but still unique and impressive to look at. The desktop is a combination of:

Reader karmat's Windows 7 desktop uses WindowBlinds to skin the entire interface with matching wallpaper and Rainmeter configurations for an impressive overall desktop effect. The desktop is a combination of: