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Geek Culture / Windows looks like Mac OS X

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Dude232
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Posted: 28th Feb 2009 06:27
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This is really cool even though it is a little slow for my 1gb comp it works...
the bar at the bottom i thought was neat and this link will tall you how to get xp to like like mac osx

http://www.wikihow.com/Pimp-Your-Windows-XP-Desktop-to-Look-Like-a-Cool-Mac-Desktop

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Ed222
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Posted: 28th Feb 2009 06:34
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You can change windows xp to look like Vista. Although I don't think the slow down is noticeable.

http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/en.id.130.htm
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 28th Feb 2009 13:11
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Or, using a custom made theme, you can make it look better than both...

http://nlm-studios.deviantart.com/art/Mission-Aurora-VS-67398696

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SunnyKatt
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Posted: 28th Feb 2009 13:15
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Yeah, theme customizing is cool. I wouldn't want my windows to look like mac OSX, but one of those custom ones would be cool.

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David R
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Posted: 28th Feb 2009 13:24
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Quote: "Or, using a custom made theme, you can make it look better than both...

http://nlm-studios.deviantart.com/art/Mission-Aurora-VS-67398696
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That's horrible, it's just a complete mishmash of stuff. At least OS X is stylish because it's rather subtle (and the same with Vista to some extent) - whereas that's just OTT


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 28th Feb 2009 13:42 Edited at: 28th Feb 2009 13:46
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In use, it's actually little like that, David R. I wouldn't use that background if someone paid me, and it looks good on small screens. The blue-green can be a little garish when placed on the same background but it looks alright otherwise.

It's a good theme because unlike many others, it rescales very well.

It does look a bit Linux thinking about it.

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David R
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Posted: 28th Feb 2009 16:56
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The way the window is constructed though... and the start button... eurgh. It looks terrible in all ways - you may want to get your eyes tested


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tha_rami
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Posted: 1st Mar 2009 00:37
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iWindows, iGuess.


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Robin
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I'm using the 'Royale' theme for xp - apparently it's one ms were going to include but didn't in the end, or something, but you can download it and install it and it doesn't have any slow down at all, because it's just like switching between the 'olive' and the 'blue' theme in the display settings (It comes up as another option). It's not amazingly differnt to the standard setup, it's more of a subtle change, but if you've only ever used the standard setup than you might like it.
There's two actually, 'Royale' and 'Royale Noir' - don't like the noir one much, they didn't get it finished so some things don't look quite right (like the edge of the start button). The 'Royale' one looks fine though.

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Roxas
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Posted: 1st Mar 2009 02:55 Edited at: 1st Mar 2009 02:55
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I like to customize myself to make orginal OS. I remember that the customization was really hard on windows and i dint even have clue where to start.. Anyways this is my desktop. Right now, i may change the standby video wallpaper.

The desktop 1440x900

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Yodaman Jer
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I never figured out how to install a theme on my computer (even though I followed the instructions directly). Which is a shame because I really like the looks of a lot of themes. Personally, I'm drawn to the one NeX posted. I like it.

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AlexI
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Posted: 1st Mar 2009 12:20 Edited at: 1st Mar 2009 12:21
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I going to put the vista one on my xp pc now

Standard xp looks horrible also it reminds me of work, and broken pc's


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 1st Mar 2009 13:07
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@Yodaman Jer:

Download Skinny and find a uxtheme.dll for your version of Windows. Run the wizard in Skinny and then reboot. Any themes you then place in c:/windows/resources/themes/ will appear in the appearance tab of the display properties dialog.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 1st Mar 2009 22:18
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I've mimicked the OS/X desktop before, but never found a dock that was quite stable enough to use on a daily basis. Every Windows dock I tried had at least some annoying bug.

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SunnyKatt
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Posted: 2nd Mar 2009 13:21
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Try rocketdock, if you haven't already. I use it always, never had a problem with it.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 2nd Mar 2009 15:53
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It doesn't agree too well with 3D fullscreen games.

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