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Adam Betts has a "9.3% Interface Lift" for Google Earth that really breathes new life into the app:
http://www.artofadambetts.com/weblog/?p=116

Heh. "4.1.7076.4458". And people were complaining about "Mac OS X 10.4.10"...

Oh yes... And performance seems to have picked up a little on my G3 iMac after this update.

If you have a GPS, paying for the upgrade is worth it, as you can enjoy live location tracking. Especially if your GPS lacks a map!!

Fantastic view of the world as never before given. Knowledge is truly free.

Quite slow on my machine, Powerbook G4; I often have to shut all other apps before running Google Earth. Best on very fast connections, but definitely worth the wait.

From macosxhints.com:

"I just read in a German online magazine that Google Earth contains a "hidden" yet complete flight simulator! Currently, two jets are available (F16 and SR22), and also the list of airports is not that long. Just open Google Earth (you'll need the newest version, 4.2), and then type Command-Option-A."

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007090401415183

Just like the description says, it is that easy and that effective. Quit Dashboard when you're done using it (since it's a widget itself) and just press F12 when you need it again. Seamless, and meanwhile no widgets are using your memory.

FANTASTIC little app.
It really should be included with OSX. Allows you to stop dashboard and all the little widgets (which take up memory).
Highly recommended.

Omahgawd. This widget belongs on your dashboard. If you play any kind of system-intensive games (for me, Quake 4), than you NEED this widget. It really is invaluable. Excellent. I give it 5 *****.

Awesome. While the dashboard and all the widgets take up relatively little resources, I have self-updating ones and process-hogging ones that also self-update. I love having them, but they choose the WORST times to update (usually in the midst of a big online battle. Thank you, Murphy).

This really is (IMO) the best solution for killing the dashboard. It's still available on command, but click a button, and it goes away completely.

Here's the AppleScript that does exactly the same thing:

tell application "Dock"
quit
launch
end tell

not quite hansome enough 4 me. i use main menu. it gives loads of different tools like this stored up in ur menu. u should try it