PNG_As_Clock

PNG_As_Clock is a software program that provides users with a very simple means of viewing the current time and changing the clock’s appearance.

The advantages of a portable app

You are not required to go through the installation process, as this product is portable. Consequently, the Windows registry and Start menu are not going to suffer any changes and it is not going to leave any kind of traces after its removal.
Another aspect you need to take into consideration is that you can use PNG_As_Clock on the fly, on any computer you come in contact with, if you just copy the program files to an external storage unit.

Change the skin and tweak other options

This software utility detects the computer’s time and displays it in a non-obtrusive and simple interface. It is unobtrusive as it automatically hides and appears when you hover over the middle of the taskbar.
It comes bundled with many interesting skins which can be changed with ease, with the help of console commands. The latters also allow you to start the tool in a non-blinking mode or a mouse cursor activation one.
However, this may prove challenging for novice users, which means that this app is mainly dedicated to people with a little experience in the IT world.

Conclusion and performance

CPU and memory usage is low at all times, which means that the system’s performance is not going to be hampered. While the response time is quite good, in our tests, after a period of inactivity the program simply did not pop up any more, yet kept registering as an ongoing process.
Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say PNG_As_Clock is a pretty handy piece of software, suitable mostly to power users.