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Can I make my Windoze desktop look more Mac-like?
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I highly reccomend the Portrait of a Kite interface - it's what I use at one of my jobs. A few thoughts though - there are a couple of expose emulators out there - they are massive resource hogs (but that may just be my system). The nice thing about the PoaK interface is that it doesn't really slow me down, even with object dock running. That is another huge benefot of PoaK - it also acts as a clearinghouse for other thrid party apps.Josh said:
Oh the work system is a 2.4 Celeron w/ 512MB ram. So, your machine should fly even with the PoaK mods.
try...
http://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.a...y=4&sortdir=DESC&p=1&advanced=0&searchtxt=mac
I use window blinds on my business thinkpad, and used a mac classic theme that includes the functionality of double clicking on the top window bar which makes the window disappear, just like the actual mac classic behavior!
http://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.a...y=4&sortdir=DESC&p=1&advanced=0&searchtxt=mac
I use window blinds on my business thinkpad, and used a mac classic theme that includes the functionality of double clicking on the top window bar which makes the window disappear, just like the actual mac classic behavior!
My TiBook is currently pissing me off w/o Tiger, instead using Puma. To ease my pain until my student purchased copy of Tiger (yes! $69) gets here, I'm using my parents 3 ghz P4 Dell box. I just installed the PoAK interface, and it's scary good. Damn! It's good! flows very well, and doesn't slow me down, either.
I reccomend it to those looking to get through the day on a PC, wishing they had the beauty of Aqua.
I reccomend it to those looking to get through the day on a PC, wishing they had the beauty of Aqua.
the only question is, can i somehow get a file menu (like in OSX) at the top, with time, and all the other stuff? I had to hide my start menu bar to authenticate the look.
For Function as well as Form
To get the feel of Dashboard and Spotlight
There are Yahoo! Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)
and Yahoo! Desktop Search (formerly X1)
Before anybody says there are Google and MSN equivalents, these products that Yahoo bought had a proven track record and actually work
To get the feel of Dashboard and Spotlight
There are Yahoo! Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)
and Yahoo! Desktop Search (formerly X1)
Before anybody says there are Google and MSN equivalents, these products that Yahoo bought had a proven track record and actually work
I would recommend Wincustomize, and ObjectDesktop from Stardock. I use them on my PC and it's great software regardless of what you want to do.
Here is an article that describes the best way to do it.
http://stevegrenier.wincustomize.com/Articles.aspx?AID=66871
Here is an article that describes the best way to do it.
http://stevegrenier.wincustomize.com/Articles.aspx?AID=66871
Perhaps I didn't have the software set up properly, but that program slowed my system down big-time. I've never had any luck with any "theme-changers".deepisland said:
I tried the OS X emulation thing for a while. All it does is reduce to PC's speed down big time and make every single application look god awful.
That PC's harddrive failed and hence the nice, shiny iBook. whoosh.
That PC's harddrive failed and hence the nice, shiny iBook. whoosh.
Work PC.iSaint said:
I just set mine to look more like Win2000 and take out all the fancy stuff. I like some of the fancy effects in OS X, especially when it's more function than form, but it's better for Windows just to get out of my way. The hacks just seem to make it worse IMO, but they are out there for those who can't use a Mac.
Yeah, when I used windows I went with the classic theme. It's only one step earlier than the XP style, but it's already retro-tastic.
WB is still very unstable. My PC is a total workhouse, with nary a BSOD or hardlock in all of its days. Minutes after installing WB, as I wanted to try both a Tiger and Vista theme (both very pretty), I get into a HARD Lock.
I reset, I think it's just a fluke.
Nope, it does it again. WB to this day remains one of the worst things to put on your computer. Back in the days of version 1.0-3.0, it was bad. People said they "fixed" it in the current version. Sorry, but they were horribly wrong. Native theming (i.e. msstyles) is still the best way to go.
I reset, I think it's just a fluke.
Nope, it does it again. WB to this day remains one of the worst things to put on your computer. Back in the days of version 1.0-3.0, it was bad. People said they "fixed" it in the current version. Sorry, but they were horribly wrong. Native theming (i.e. msstyles) is still the best way to go.
Before Window Blinds install : PC ran finedeepisland said:
After Window Blinds install: Crashed constantly and when it did run it ran incredibly slow.
The install of this program was the only change made to this computer, so based on this and the fact that everyone I know who tried this program got the same results I'm going to say yes, it slows your system down.