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How do I make my XPS desktop look like a MAC

post #1 of 52
8/17/05 at 6:49pm
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I have seen on some of the screenshot posts were some of the computers look like they are running the MAC OS X on there XPS2. Where do you get this theme or how do you make it look like that?

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Brandon
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post #2 of 52
8/17/05 at 6:51pm
deviantart.com has a lot of neat skins, themes, dock icons, etc. Also, the program Object Dock (google it) makes an excellent Mac-esque dock program (the icons at the bottom of the Mac desktop).

Hope this helps!
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post #3 of 52
8/17/05 at 10:43pm
install OSX86 Haha.
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post #4 of 52
8/17/05 at 10:55pm
Send it to me and then go here www.apple.com and get a MAC
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post #5 of 52
8/18/05 at 2:19am
There's a GUI mod called Flyakite that actually modifies Windows so that it looks like a Mac. There's one downside to this, though... you can't undo it once its done! That being said, it DOES look very nice, but after doing this a few times, I got tired of it and just used a theme. The theme I use is called "Panther," and mixed with a Dock program (ObjectDock, etc.; I use YZDock), you can get it to look pretty nice. Here's a shot of my screen...



EDIT: Here is an older picture I took when I was using Flyakite SP2...

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post #6 of 52
8/18/05 at 3:20am
i had a mac os x windows bling but when i ran power dvd full screen the task bar would stay on top no matter what i did had to uninstall
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post #7 of 52
8/18/05 at 3:28am
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Originally Posted by Stellus
deviantart.com has a lot of neat skins, themes, dock icons, etc. Also, the program Object Dock (google it) makes an excellent Mac-esque dock program (the icons at the bottom of the Mac desktop).

Hope this helps!

I use objectdoc, not to make it look like mac, but because then I can show NOOOO desktop icons, I just goto top of screen and wala they all appear for me to click on!
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post #8 of 52
8/18/05 at 3:28am
Steps to make XPS look like a mac

1. Take XPS
2. Open Trash can
3. Place XPS in trashcan
4. Driver over trash can with Hummer over and over and
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post #9 of 52
8/18/05 at 3:30am
wincustomize.com works well.....a lot of resources for modding your desktop
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post #10 of 52
8/18/05 at 12:16pm
Thread Starter 
Ok I loaded the Panther theme and the docking software and after about 2 hours I had enough of it and removed it all.
Menu's were just too different and I really do not want to try and figure it all out now.

Thanks for the answers.
Brandon
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post #11 of 52
8/19/05 at 2:53am
Here's what I did with Object Dock and Windows Blinds. Makes things look so much more....XPSish =)

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post #12 of 52
4/5/06 at 2:06pm
There is an utility called windowsosx, i found it at digg.com and installed. Looks great, but not as good as osx.
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post #13 of 52
4/5/06 at 5:18pm
The only thing I don't like about objectdock is that if you take out the taskbar, you can't see any programs in the toolbar. There is a plug-in for it but it's buggy to hell and crashes every hour also not to mention the shitty graphics it has for the icons. Toolbar is a must for me.
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post #14 of 52
4/5/06 at 7:35pm
Very Cool Stellus.

Has someone tried something lighter than ObjectDock? I only have 512MB RAM and OD slows down my system a bit
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post #15 of 52
4/5/06 at 9:15pm
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Originally Posted by Kainco
I only have 512MB RAM and OD slows down my system a bit
It does? That is most unusual. OD should not use any CPU unless you actually click on any icons, and on my system, with about 20 icons visible, some of them containing a bunch of OD "drawers", it takes up a whopping 1.5MB of memory. I doubt you can find anything more lightweight than that.
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post #16 of 52
4/5/06 at 9:25pm
I used Yzdock for the dock at the bottom of the screen. YahooWidget for others. Finding the suitable taskbar and i have MAC GUI lol.
LL
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post #17 of 52
4/5/06 at 9:47pm
I use ObjectDock, WindowBlinds, and Yahoo Widgets. Just click the thumbnails in my signature to see my setup. I love customization.....
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post #18 of 52
4/5/06 at 10:17pm
flyakite osx ftw, it works great, and even replaces your bootup screen.

I have been mucking about with the windowblinds stuff as well, but it got annoying, I also deinstalled the objectdock because the icons look horrible when magnified, and they're pretty bad even whe they're not.

( I like my icons big)

There's also a nifty little program called objectbar, which can recreate the full Mac taskbar thing, with all the program-specific functions, only it costs a bit...
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post #19 of 52
4/5/06 at 11:11pm
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Originally Posted by somethingsin

......I also deinstalled the objectdock because the icons look horrible when magnified, and they're pretty bad even whe they're not.

( I like my icons big)
You need to replace the stock icons with high resolution versions. Then they'll look great at any magnification.
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post #20 of 52
4/5/06 at 11:50pm
There's something weird man, Mine ObjectDock eats about 30MB, any idea on this?
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