Most software programs over-promise and under-deliver, but such is not the case with the Serene Screen Aquarium software!I was first attracted to this product during the launch of WindowsXP, where it was used during the presentation as an example of the 3D capabilities of XP, plus as eye-candy for the demonstration. Oddly enough, the most impressive thing about the presentation was not WindowsXP, but the cool aquarium screen saver they were demonstrating! (I did purchase XP, however, it turns out it is much more than just a cool OS to run a screen saver on...)
Unfortunately, the Amazon-provided information here does nothing to sell the product. Shame on Amazon.
...P>I purchased the CD-ROM after using the demo version ..., and it was well worth the money. The fish are rendered incredibly well, and my 2-year-old just loves watching the fish swim around, and she loves being able to look at the back of the jewel case and pick out her favorite fish to place in the "fish tank."
A free download ... is available to add a Lionfish to the assortment of species. This fish is a shining example of the care that is put into the rendering of each fish! At all times, the movements of each fish are very realistic and not at all jumpy or fake-looking.
The display looked as good and was as smooth on my Pentium 3 450MHz system as it does now on my new Pentium 4 2.4GHz system, so you should have no problems running it on any machine made in the last several years.
I highly recommend this software, it's worth the money! It may also encourage the software developers to continue producing additional features and variations of the theme, some of which are already being announced.
