Give Your PC a Mac Look
If you like the look of a Mac but don’t want to fork out the dollars for a shiny new mac then you can get the same look and feel completely free of charge. Thats right Free. No Shareware, Adware or Spyware!
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This “Mac Look” can be acheived using free software, themes and icons and I transformed my look in around 10 minutes.
Windows Theme Patch - WindowsXP doesn’t allow you to use unsigned third party themes so you will need to patch a file before changing to an OSX theme. Don’t worry this is a very user friendly step! Just download the installer, unzip it and run. Thats it! Make sure you create a restore point before running the installer just in case. Although I have never heard of any problems.
Download Patcher (80kb)
The Theme - There are a number of OSx themes available online. StudioTwentyEight has a great range of tiger and panther themes.
The Desktop - If you don’t want to install a theme but just want that shiny blue desktop you can download it below
Download Tiger Desktop
Download Panther Desktop
The Object Dock - For those unfamiliar with the mac interface, the object dock is the group of icons at the bottom of the screen. There are a few PC equivilant but my favorite is RK Launcher. Unlike other similar products its free, stable and has all the features you need!
Visit the RK Launcher Download Page
Widgets - Desktop widgets are not only great fun they are also extremely useful. Take a look at there various widget options. For my transformation I used Yahoo Widgets.
iChat - For a windows version of iChat simply grab Trillian and add this iChat skin.
Download Trillian
Download iChat Skin for Trillian
Icons - Just like styles and themes there are thousands of icons avialable. However this website has a good range
There are many more good resources to give you that mac look and this is just a start. Please suggest your own tips. Look out for more ways to transform your PC into a MAC coming soon
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Giving Windows an OSX look is like giving a terminal cancer patient a facelift surgery for free.
Haha. I take it mike you are a MAC fan.
Thanks Anthony for these great resources
Hehe check the hardware mod I did that would suit this treatment; http://digg.com/mods/Fake_iMac_made_from_Apple_Studio_Display_monitor_case_and_a_mini_ITX_mb
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I have a question, I tried changing my windows theme to an Mac theme but I have a problem when I try to restart my computer. While the idea of changing my theme is great, it goes back to a windows theme as soon as I restart my computer. I then have to manually turn on the tiger theme. I was wondering is there any way of making the change more permanent. I hope to here back from you guys.
Sincerely,
Jon