I've upgraded from an old Power Mac 5200 and iMac G3. I really liked the Platinum look of OS 9. I upgraded to the new Macbook Pro (15 inch, 512mb 8600) and didn't exactly like the bootup screen and the theme of Leopard. I found this theme thing called Platinum X 1.24 for OS X. And I was wondering if I could use the theme in Leopard. If not, can I do that at all? Or at least use the "Happy Mac" bootup screen and the old Apple logo? Thanks
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Making Leopard look like OS 9?
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Joke post? No. I've honestly been using those 2 machines for the past 7 years. I come from an extremely poor family. I'm still living with my parents, and was just able to finish paying off my college fees. So I had extra money, and upgraded. I'm getting an apartment in a week. No joke post. Any more help?
Interesting thread!
You really don't like the looks of OS X that much? What don't you like? Or better yet, what did you prefer about 9? Or is it simply nostalgia?
I am nostalgic about some things in life, but computers, not so much...
You really don't like the looks of OS X that much? What don't you like? Or better yet, what did you prefer about 9? Or is it simply nostalgia?
I am nostalgic about some things in life, but computers, not so much...
Return it? The macbook is going to have the same theme ... Is a theme really that important to you that you would go with extremely outdated technology and possible security risks just to have it look that way.
BootXChanger can do the happy mac; however, you should take care to use only the images it has supplied, as intel macs are picky about the boot images. It works as advertised.
As for OS 9 look, sorry to say I can't help you here. If you had Tiger, you could use ShapeShifter ($15 shareware) to get Platinum look. Maybe look for a refurb MBP with Tiger?
As for OS 9 look, sorry to say I can't help you here. If you had Tiger, you could use ShapeShifter ($15 shareware) to get Platinum look. Maybe look for a refurb MBP with Tiger?
Well... I miss my DecSystem20 running Tops20... Even had my own KLAD pack.... but I've moved on... Leopard is a nice OS... give it a try.
The other Macs are great, but I don't want a 2800 dollar machine that'll be used as backup. I'd rather get a Macbook with a 320 gig HD. I do like old computers. I have been using leopard for a while, but for my job, I need to use Classic apps. So a macbook and an iBook G3 for me! I'm trying to mod leopard with CandyBar.