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Stardock Prepares Users for Windows 10 with Object Desktop Infinite

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Stardock Prepares Users for Windows 10 with Object Desktop Infinite

– Customize the Windows user interface with the features of the future right now –

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Plymouth, Michigan – October, 21, 2014 – Stardock announced today the availability of Object Desktop Infinite, a new service that grants users access to a growing library of Windows user interface enhancements for only $9.99 to start and then $3.99 per month thereafter. Each purchase includes full access to the company’s already-popular enhancements. Among other utilities, Start8 returns the start menu to Windows 8, ModernMix runs Modern UI (Metro) apps in resizable windows on the desktop, Fences automatically organizes icons into shaded areas on the desktop, Launch8 adds a dock to the Windows 8 Start screen, and many others.

 "We have a lot of new apps in the pipeline for Windows 10 users," said Stardock President and CEO Brad Wardell. "With each version of Windows, we’ve always been able to add features and improvements that were often later implemented into future versions of the OS."

Stardock pioneered treating ZIP files like folders, which is now a standard feature of Windows. GUI skinning as in Stardock's WindowBlinds was later incorporated into Windows XP and Aero in Windows 7. DesktopX, another one of its customization utilities, introduced Mac and Windows users to the concept of widgets and gadgets on the desktop.

"Rather than users having to pay for our programs piecemeal or buy a large bundle with yearly upgrades, we wanted to give them a simple and affordable option to keep up with the latest features as soon as we release them.  It's like getting the future version of Windows right now!" said Wardell.

Object Desktop continues to evolve alongside users' needs and changes to Windows. ShadowFX, a recent addition to Object Desktop, adds drop shadows to active windows in Windows 8 and will continue to be supported on Windows 10. Stardock is currently developing a Start8 update for Windows 10, called Start10, and all-new software that will make applications work better with High-DPI displays, enhance virtual desktop environments, improve Win32-to-Modern-UI unity and more. These projects will be added to Object Desktop Infinite at no additional charge once they are complete.

Object Desktop Infinite is available now for $9.99 plus $3.99 per month. To learn more, visit http://www.objectdesktop.com.

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About Stardock: Stardock is a leading developer and publisher of PC games and desktop software. Its PC games include Sins of a Solar Empire and the critically acclaimed Galactic Civilizations series. Its desktop software includes Start8, Fences, WindowBlinds, ModernMix, Object Desktop and more.  Learn more at www.stardock.com.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:)
 

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 8

So to clarify a little more, an OD subscription renewal costs $29.99 for one year right now. An OD Infinite subscription will cost $9.99 for the first month and $3.99 for the other 11 months, for a total of $53.88 for the first year, and then $47.88 for every year thereafter.. Am I missing something here? Will there be certain releases that will not be offered with the current way of renewing an OD subscription? Why would the OD Infinite subscription be so much more than the regular one year subscription method we have at present?
 

Quoting Island, reply 24

Not sure what exactly is confusing.  Object Desktop Infinite is the new subscription model.  It doesn't change anything else.  Object Desktop users regardless of how they pay will get new and updated apps just as they always have.

This news post is about Object Desktop Infinite, so that is why all the references are made directly about Object Desktop Infinite.

 

So if there is basically no change in the software received ID with either subscription, why isn't the Object Desktop Infinite subscription about $2.50 a month to match the $29.99 price of the current Object Desktop yearly subscription renewal?

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Object Desktop Infinite is a new subscription model to get people in with a lower price point.  It's a separate model, not designed to be a direct price alternative to the old subscription method.

 

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

So... you can pay 9.99 for the first month for the suite as is, and then not pay 3.99 per month and not get any updates?

Reply #30 from Stardock Forums Top

For Object Desktop Infinite, when you cancel you lose access to the apps.

 

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 27

why isn't the Object Desktop Infinite subscription about $2.50 a month to match the $29.99 price of the current Object Desktop yearly subscription renewal?

 Because math isn't exactly  some peoples' second language. |-)

 

 

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

Island Dogreply 16 Quoting benmanns, reply 13 Correct me if iam wrong but this sounds like current subscribers with only OD subscription will have to make an additional purchase to receive these apps for plate 10. Object Desktop is Object Desktop.  The post here is focusing on what you get and will get with Object Desktop Infinite as that's the focus of this news post.  Yeah that was my fear, so without "infinite" i have to pay extra for upcomming windows10 apps as "ObjectDesktop" subscriber.

 

 

No, benmanns. Objectdesktop will continue to be as it has been. New apps that get added to Infinite will also be added to ObjectDesktop. Only a new pricing, and subscription model has been added.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, Spencer, but I think I understand you correctly.

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 32

No, benmanns. Objectdesktop will continue to be as it has been. New apps that get added to Infinite will also be added to ObjectDesktop. Only a new pricing, and subscription model has been added.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, Spencer, but I think I understand you correctly.

That's the way I read it from the beginning. Now get skinning RND.

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I understood it meanwhile RND =)

Reply #35 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 8

So to clarify a little more, an OD subscription renewal costs $29.99 for one year right now. An OD Infinite subscription will cost $9.99 for the first month and $3.99 for the other 11 months,

That is not the case for existing OD annual subscribers that want to switch to the Infinite monthly subscription  Those existing clients would not be charged the initial $9.99 that brand new subscribers would.

Reply #36 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 32

 

Island Dogreply 16 Quoting benmanns, reply 13 Correct me if iam wrong but this sounds like current subscribers with only OD subscription will have to make an additional purchase to receive these apps for plate 10. Object Desktop is Object Desktop.  The post here is focusing on what you get and will get with Object Desktop Infinite as that's the focus of this news post.  Yeah that was my fear, so without "infinite" i have to pay extra for upcomming windows10 apps as "ObjectDesktop" subscriber.


 

 

No, benmanns. Objectdesktop will continue to be as it has been. New apps that get added to Infinite will also be added to ObjectDesktop. Only a new pricing, and subscription model has been added.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, Spencer, but I think I understand you correctly.

You are very correct. :)

 

Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top

As I still see IconPackager in there: Will it get some love or will You still sell the stone-age-old-only-32-bit-package-builder-nightmare-version with the all new OD ?

Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Just wondering... after expiration of ones OD subscription one could keep on using the installed software packages. How does that work with Infinite?

Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Island, reply 30

For Object Desktop Infinite, when you cancel you lose access to the apps.

 

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Why do I keep feeling this is the beginning of the end?