Comments on: Make Windows Look Like OS X

By: M. Allen West

M. Allen West — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:44 +0000

I don’t see a point to having a Mac.
1. I can run the the Mac OS on my HP / PC if I want , and I have.
2. I use Linux, and PC-BSD for most of my on-line work and Windows for most of my software needs.
3. Mac OS by it’s self can NOT run most software Autodesk , this means most high end 3D, and architectural software is only made for Windows…
4. VMware, and CrossOver will run in Linux Ubuntu along with many other software like virtualbox
5. Mac OS is built on BSD, so I’ll just stick with PC-BSD, and freeBSD

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:04:13 +0000

Well, its like this folks, after 15 years of running Macs daily in the graphics industry, I like to call it POS-X. There is no way in HELL I would switch to Mac for my home machine. Windows serves me FAR better, and I can make it look any way I want to, but certainly not POS-X.

By: Attendees | Gnomedex

Attendees | Gnomedex — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:20:54 +0000

[...] Make Windows Look Like OS X October 13, 2007 – 6:00pm The user known as “PC Perini” emailed me with a common story: I’m a Windows user (for software compatibility, and the fact that I already have a Windows computer), but recently I’ve become… near obsessed with making it look and feel like a Mac OS. (…) « first‹ previous…525354555657585960…next ›last » Copyright © 2007 Gnomedex.com All rights reserved. Artician [...]

By: Travel Directory

Travel Directory — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:45:00 +0000

Ruben32 – agreed with you. I admit I love OSX interface, it’s much nicer and elegant than Windows. but MAC is the way too expensive in my country..

By: Ruben32

Ruben32 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:40:35 +0000

Chris, It’s not that easy. People like me who live in Mexico can BARELY afford to have a PC Macs are out of our minds because they are WAY too expensive.
So, please don’t be like that and actually help us, I think that was a decent question and answering with something like that is rude.

We don’t all have the sponsors and money to make the change. Good for you that can, I know at least I can’t.

By: tophatndy

tophatndy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:41:12 +0000

although vista is considered to be not as stable as xp.. it think it looks very nice and doesnt need to have the UI changed..

xp’s interface is okay for the first few months but gets old really quick…

if you have had xp for too long (and like the mac look) then this is pretty usefull..

By: Trojan

Trojan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:14:14 +0000

Computers suck! They’re only good to work and make money on, other than that and saving tons of pictures and hacked music they suck.

By: emil

emil — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:40:02 +0000

exactly my opinion.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:39:20 +0000

You can use tons of crap to make it look like a Mac, but it’s fine that you want it to look like one, but to me Mac is the equivalent of crap. I know this, because I tried some of the Macs at the Apple Store and they sucked.

By: dhensli

dhensli — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:06:11 +0000

Don’t even THINK about running Flyakite on Vista LOL.

I use Directory Opus 9 (the best Windows mod available but pricey) and WindowBlinds 6 (Tiger theme + WindowFX, Flyakite and ObjectDock) on XP. Any resemblance to a Microstuffed product is entirely unintentional, but (really) any speed loss or lag is negligible. Anyway, I paid for these resources, I’ll use them, and fast enough is fast enough; it’s not a d**k measuring contest.

The MacMini isn’t specced high enough to replace my PC – I don’t need a new screen or HDD – and maybe one day I’ll replace my blessed TC1100 with a Powerbook, but if I did, I’d be installing BootCamp and spending just as much time tweaking an XP installation which would still hog resources anyway. It comes to a choice between either making Bill or Steve rich – or maybe not falling for the ‘mine’s better than yours’ argument.

By: Dylan macleod

Dylan macleod — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:50:44 +0000

http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=1&search=mac

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:37:29 +0000

Oesmowess, Yes it totally runs natively with Boot Camp. Boot Camp is basically just an OS selector not an emulator but only works with Intel based Macs. I even had success putting Windows only on a Mac without Boot Camp.

The only thing you really need from Boot Camp is the drivers for the chipset etc.

Another cool thing to note about the new Mac Pros is it ability to set the rate of the PCI Express slots through software. All the PCI Express slots are full length slots and if you want it to be a 1x,2x,4x,8x or 16x you set it through software. I would love to see a PC with that capability. I love being able to put cards where I went them and not where my motherboard makes me put them. Also the builtin 2x Gigabit Ethernet ports, Firewire 400/800 and the Buetooth and 802.11n are a nice treat too. I do find that USB 2.0 Hard Drives don’t run as fast on a Mac though. I ended up buying new Firewire 800 cases to put my drives in and now they are really fast.

Just to note, I tried out that FlyakiteOSX and its sweet, I run it on my Windows XP in Boot Camp now and sometime when I see the logon screen I don’t know what OS I am booted into and reboot to make sure lol.

By: Ken Weinkauf

Ken Weinkauf — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:33:19 +0000

Stardock has the best windows enhancements and appearance tweaks. I have used their product Window Blinds and Object Dock for years, and I am happy to say that I can almost completely reproduce the OS X look and feel on a PC. Check it out: http://www.stardock.com.

Ken

By: thecurious

thecurious — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:27:54 +0000

Not exactly Mac but close – these utilities may be interesting to you > http://ajayksh.wordpress.com/tech-attack/the-desktop-showdown/

By: OESMOWESS

OESMOWESS — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:16:41 +0000

Cool Peter. The first real reason to buy a mac. 16G of ram, 8 CPU Cores and 4 PCI Express Video Cards. That might get me to switch. All the other arguments I hear are basically user preferences. I have run with dual processors since the Pentium Pro came out, everything just works better, no waiting. When you run Windows with Boot Camp does it use all the power.