16 Awesome Screensavers

Our monitors may not really need screensavers anymore and screen burn is a thing of the past with the latest style of monitors, but some people still like them. Personally, I love them! I think they are great, so I thought I would share some of the best ones with you.

I hope you like them.

POLARCLOCK
I have to start with Polar Clock. This is my favorite screensaver. This is version number 3 and it just keeps getting better and better. Its colorful and interesting.
Windows & MAC.

FLYING TOASTERS
I remember when I got my first screensaver. It was the flying toasters screensaver pack called After Dark. I think it was made by Berkely Systems or something like that. Anyway, there was a heap of screensavers on there and Flying Toasters was one of them.
Windows & MAC.

DROPCLOCK
Every time the time changes a new numbers slowly drops into a large pool of water. Very sexy.
Windows & MAC.

FAAR CLOCK
A giant Analog clock that looks fanastic, and it tells you the time!
Windows Only.

TWINGLY
Using RSS Feeds from blogs around the world, Twingly plots where the activity is happening on a spinning globe. Its a large screensaver and likes to eat CPU.
Windows Only.

FLIP CLOCK
Yep it’s another clock screensaver. What can I say? I guess I like clock screensavers. This one looks like one of those old fashioned flip clocks that used to be next to your bed in the 80’s.
Windows & MAC.

BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH
Would you call me a liar if I told you that this screensaver has actually been made by Microsoft? Go ahead, click the link and you will be taken to the Microsoft website! This Microsoft screensaver cycles between different Blue Screens and simulated boots every 15 seconds or so. Virtually all the information shown on Bluescreen’s BSOD and system start screen is obtained from your system configuration!
Windows Only.

HOLDING PATTERN
Holding Pattern turns your idle computer screen into an airplane window, complete with a moving aerial view. Each time the screensaver plays a unique sequence.
Windows & MAC.

HAND WRITTEN CLOCK
Before you groan, yes I am aware that I have added another clock to this list and I’m sorry. But clock screensavers have double the value of other screensavers. Firstly, its a screensaver and secondly, its a clock. This one is cool because the numbers are handwritten, with a hand coming in each time to write the new number. This includes seconds!
Windows Only.

ELECTRIC SHEEP
Now this is one cool screensaver. It is actually open source and thousands of people have contributed to it. How do they contribute? Well, when their computers “sleep”, the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as “sheep”. Its fantastic.
Windows, MAC & Linux.

FIRE
This one is cool. Its sets your desktop on fire. Each and every item on your desktop - including icons and all open windows will appear to catch on fire, glowing and emitting a smoke. If you have your sound on, the fire will even crackle and pop.
Windows Only.

DANCING JAPANESE GIRLS
This one is a little weird. Its a clock, that flick to a group of Japanese girls dancing, then flicks back to a clock. If dancing Japanese girls and clocks are your thing, then this combines into the perfect screensaver for you. I have to admit, I do find it mesmerising. Just click on the menu button on the left hand side to get to the download screen.
Windows, MAC & Mobile if you live in Japan.

DIGG
All of the products from Digg Labs are now available as screensavers. My favorite is Stack, but you can also download BigSpy, Swarm and Arc.
Windows & MAC.

STAR TREK SYSTEM 47
This one is for all the nerds who love Star Trek. Personally, Im a Star Wars fan, but I do like this screensaver. It turns your desktop into the library system from Star Trek. It will runs scans of the universe and the Enterprise.
Windows & MAC.

FIREFLIES
This one is just too pretty to leave out. Probably my second favorite from this list.
Windows, MAC & Linux.

SOUNDSTREAM
Soundstream is a Mac OS X screensaver that responds to sound input. Its colorful Flurry-like streams pulse to the beat of music or bloom with ambient noise. Very creative!
MAC Only