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BSOD! - 1.0.2

blue screensaver of death

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Selected Version:	1.0.2
Release Date:	2006-11-19
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.0.2):	873
Downloads (all versions):	7,639

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Product Description:

BSOD! will give your Mac functionality which was previously only available to Windows XP users.

BSOD! generates highly realistic BSOD's (Blue Screens of Death), complete with valid messages and error codes. All in all, the screensaver contains over 200 real error codes. The screensaver will only run on Mac OS 10.4 and above -- but it'll work great on both Intel and PowerPC machines. We created this in our spare time. For fun. It's free. We hope you like it. If not -- oh well. A note about "burn-in" Modern CRTS don't really get screen burn-in -- in order to do that, you'd have to keep them displaying the same image continuously for several years straight. Plasmas can indeed get screen burn-in (so if you've got one, this screensaver probably isn't a good idea for it.) All Macs running OS X have an option to "Put the display to sleep" (it's found in the Energy Saver preference pane.) If you're really concerned about burn-in, enable that.

What's new in this version:

Installer checks to make sure the destination folder actually umm... exists first (read the ReadMe for our offical apology.)
Added option for "pretty" text rendering

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Core Image-capable card STRONGLY recommended

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.0.2:
Overall Rating:	(1.0)	Features:	(1.0)	Support:	(2.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(3.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Screensaver? - Version: 1.0.2, 11/20/2006 10:22AM PST

w23

I think all this download offers is a glorified screensaver installer. The screensaver itself is pants, and you could do a better job yourself by creating screenshots of crashed computers and system errors, saving them in iPhoto and running them through as a screensaver / slideshow. 10 minites work if you were **that** bothered and had nothing else to do with your time.

This is stupid - Version: 1.0.2, 11/20/2006 09:33AM PST

FallGuy7254

Every screen looks the same. The only obvious change is the actual error message itself, although I expect the core dump changes too. And how is a static screen going to prevent image burn-in, like screensavers are supposed to do?

Don't waste your time with this.

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About monitor burn in

It's nice and all but...... - Version: 1.0.1, 11/19/2006 12:59PM PST

lexicon5_

Should be called ScreenUserUpper not Screensaver.
Unless you have your monitor set to sleep after a few minutes...this will COOK the image into the CRT and even some LCDs.