04/04/2007, 10:45am, EDT

Wednesday, April 4th

Making Windows XP resemble Mac OS X

One Windows user who was fed up with the visual appearance of Microsoft's Windows XP coupled together several pieces of software to change the look and feel of the Windows desktop to resemble Apple's Mac OS X operating system. An instructional video by dim-blog.com posted on metacafe depicts the new Mac OS X look on top of Windows XP, and contains the steps necessary to achieve the effect on a local system. The software required to achieve the effect includes Yahoo! Widgets -- Mac-like widgets for Windows systems, RocketDock -- producing a Mac-like dock, FlyakiteOSX -- changing the look of Windows, and 3RVX -- software to produce a Mac-like volume bar.

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hassanpr

OSX

04/04, 11:01am, EDT

Why not just buy a Mac ?

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lockhartt

doesn't...

04/04, 11:08am, EDT

...solve problems inherent with running Windows, so what's the point?

Also, expect cease-and-desist letters within the next 12 hours :)

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eliotw

Another important upgrade

04/04, 11:13am, EDT

And after the break....

How to make your face look more like Joan Rivers'.

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crayola

Re: OSX

04/04, 11:25am, EDT

[quote]Why not just buy a Mac ?[/quote]

well i did the same thing. my boss hates macs so we all have to use ugly, underpowered dell boxes. believe it or not i work in a design firm.

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chas_m

sad and pathetic

04/04, 11:47am, EDT

I applaud these folks who are trying to make Windows less ugly and awful by emulating the Mac, but ultimately it's a cry for help.

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more resources

04/04, 11:49am, EDT

If you want more resources on how to make you windows looks like mac, visit http://www.osx-e.com

They have guide, tutorials and downloads section with more than 400 files for that.

FastAMX79

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04/04, 11:49am, EDT

I work at a radio station and we have to use winblows because of the software we use. So, the computer I use in my studio has some mac looking icons, and a desktop picture of the mac logo with a frown that says 'i wish i was a mac'. everyone here gets a kick out of it (they know I'm a hardcore Mac user)

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chris77845

sad and pathetic? Nope...

04/04, 11:49am, EDT

I'm trying to make my XP box in the office less ugly, but is it a cry for help? No. I use my Macs at home, and would love to in the office, but there is no choice.

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Recto Bold

LOL

04/04, 11:51am, EDT

"Another important upgrade And after the break....

How to make your face look more like Joan Rivers'. "

Couldn't have put it better myself. You can't polish a turd fellas. Do the right thing and dump the beige box.

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horvatic

Get a Mac

04/04, 12:29pm, EDT

Why deal with that and just get a Mac and run Windows too if you need too. I might customize my parallels windows with this so I can at least feel a little better when I have to run Windows. But still nothing like the real deal and leopard will make that even more apparent come June.

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