Arttymis
Jul 14 2005, 11:19 PM
Ok Fans of macs I have done my reserch and checked it twice and I now present my tutorial on how to make your windows XP desktop look like a Mac operating system. For those who think its really hard your wrong and without any more jiber jaber lets get started. Step 1: The DownloadsOk for this to work your going to need some items to make it work. The first one is the skin to make your windows look like a mac. Its called Panther you can download it here. Second your gonna need a doc for your programs. The best free one out there is Yz's dock and you can download it here The dockThirdly every good mac desktop needs a program to run what are called widgets. There are two good programs out there called Konfabulator, which is a shareware program that reminds you to register it every seven days and the registration is only $20 USD. Also there is one out there called Samurize which is freeware. I prefere Konfabulator but its up to you. Download Konfabulator here and Download Samurize here. Finally no mac desktop is complete without the icons which can be found hre. Step 2: Applying the skinPut the skin in a folder somewhere on your pc. Right click on your desktop and click properties and from your select style screen go to browze and go to the folder you put the skin in and apply it. Your desktop should now look like this,  Step 3: The rest of the applicationsOk where in the final stretch All you need to do now is move your taskbar to the top. Run the Yzdock installer and add your favorite programs to it. If you want to add a trash bin follow the instructions hereFinally install Konfabulator or Samurize and run a widget. If you have konfabulator you know how now. Your final desktop should look kind of like this:  Now for you people who want one quick program to install the skin and doc you can use Flyakite it makes your whole computer look like the Mac os You can download it here from hereHope you like it and give me some feed back.
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szupie
Jul 15 2005, 12:17 AM
Wow, great tutorial! Too bad the reputation system is down, or I'd give you a point! I'll try it on my computer once I can get my hands on it. I'm not using a mac, so I don't know what widgets are. What are they? Are they what you would see when you minimize a window, with just the top bar? Is it possible to hide that Start menu? It looks really hideous when it's in a mac-like environment.
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Sean_Paul23
Jul 15 2005, 04:56 AM
This is sick man! I've wanted something like this for years, u rock!
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crs_cwiz
Jul 15 2005, 10:26 AM
Well, sorry to play spoilsport, but isn't Yzdock used to replace the explorer icons??? To make a dock on the bottom like in a mac, you have to download Objectdock from www.stardock.com (freeware or paid - it's your choice) and then customize it to look like a mac. for the widgets, the best program out there is desktopX, again from the same site. and for the skin, you can use the popular windowblinds program. the advantage of using these programs over other, lesser known ones is that many skins and widgets (thousands) are available. cheack out www.wincustomize.com
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moonwitch
Jul 15 2005, 11:32 AM
Nate posted this on trap last night, where I tried it. I had a few serious issues. It eats away resources up to a sluggish comp (mine has 1024MB RAM, AMD Athlon64 3400 CPU, ATi Radeon 9250 128MB graphics card). My taskbar which you can 'hide' with YZDock disappeared but never came back, YZDock froze and didn't let me work with anything on it. My MSN Messenger 7 couldn't open anymore. Etc, I was forced to use taskmanager to shut down most processes and then go to the CP to uninstall it. My suggestion : Get StyleXP, the MALE version (the chick version is ugly LOL and I am a chick, we are not all Paris HIlton fans -- makes obscene signs with the thought of Paris Hilton) and run it to set Panther Skin. It's the same LOL. Only it keeps your taskbar on the bottom.
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Arttymis
Jul 15 2005, 11:37 AM
QUOTE (crs_cwiz @ Jul 15 2005, 06:26 AM) Well, sorry to play spoilsport, but isn't Yzdock used to replace the explorer icons??? To make a dock on the bottom like in a mac, you have to download Objectdock from www.stardock.com (freeware or paid - it's your choice) and then customize it to look like a mac. [/url] Objectdock and Yzdock do the exact same thing You can download object dock if you want to but i gave the opition for freeware. As for widgets you can find many of them at Osx-e or at the konfabulator main site which is konfabulatorFinally Im glad you like the tutorial
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rhodesian.dragon
Jul 28 2005, 02:59 AM
wow making a Window XP look like a mac... wow... thanks for the post...
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dot_rain
Aug 20 2005, 01:22 PM
I used these themes before , it did look good and attractive at beginning , but then . . . . it started getting anoying~ T_T and I needed to change back to dafault mode kinda often
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Fasga
Oct 25 2005, 10:08 PM
Personally, all I care about looks is that I can see what i'm doing, and it uses up a small amount of memory. But nice tutorial anyway, keep up the good work!
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twitch
Oct 26 2005, 06:36 AM
Although customizing your OS look is cool. The novelty soon wear's off. Trust me. I paid for WindowsBlinds and all the other little blocks and used it once. It just get's annoying, where the OS loads up in it's original state, then suddenly zaps into freak mode. The Longhorn skin for WB is a little buggy to say the least and causes some errors. Great tut though.
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laniczech
Dec 23 2008, 01:44 AM
with vmware player my windows not only looks like a mac it is a mac
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iGuest
Nov 7 2008, 09:35 PM
Thanks!
How To Make Your Windows Look Like A Mac
Thank you so much! This really helped. I could not find how to apply panther until I came here. I had installed it before, but know I have it in use! -reply by George
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Tundergun
Oct 21 2008, 06:16 PM
I used this ones, i admit i looked great but it made my computer crash. I almost had to buy a new cpu. :S
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sweffu
Sep 19 2008, 04:53 PM
wow man  ) i like this :X i've searched everywhere for this
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P3dram
Sep 12 2008, 11:23 AM
Great !!!!!! it's cool ! i like it and never change it, so my pc look like my loptop too tanks to : Arttymis
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