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With all the excitement of Boot Camp, and the ability to now run Windows on a Mac, what about the rest of us? Those of
us that use Windows out of necessity, and lust after a Mac yet can't afford or justify the purchase of one. What to do?
Well, you can make your Windows XP PC look as much like a Mac as possible.
To do so, you can follow the instructions at Tech Manifesto. Or, if you're like me, simply download FlyakiteOSX and let it do all the heavy lifting for you. Be warned that the install for FlyakiteOSX takes quite a bit longer than you might imagine. But it's still faster (or at least more efficient) than doing the transformation manually.
But there you go - for the control freaks, we have a tutorial at Tech Manifesto. For the rest of us, there's FlyakiteOSX. Enjoy.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentstdiddyApr 7th 2006 12:03PM
I installed flyakite on a friend's dell, and it completely screwed it up. Windows wouldn't boot or anything. It worked fine on my lappy though...
JesseApr 7th 2006 1:33PM
I just installed it. I could swear I'm using a mac right now. awesome
MiguelApr 7th 2006 2:19PM
Can it be uninstalled without any problems?
JesseApr 7th 2006 5:04PM
Can it be uninstalled without any problems?
Not at all. You have to completely format your hard drive to get rid of it.
not really, it should uninstall like any other program
Sir SKillzApr 7th 2006 6:03PM
@ #3
Yea it can be uninstalled without any problems. Cause I use it for a while and no problems.
Just to be safe just create a Restore point before you instill FlyakiteOSX.
deadcarcasApr 7th 2006 7:22PM
does it work for the whole computer? can i have it just for my account on the comp?
timApr 7th 2006 8:10PM
the ones in the screenshot (after) on the website are pretty bad. not to be picky or anything, but you can get xp to look 100% identical in looks AND (almost 100%) function (spotlight, the menubar, finder, dock, shadow, etc.). www.osx-e.com and www.aqua-soft.org are two sites that have everything you need to get goin'. a bit of sifting and you'll have a xpmac. guaranteed.
phizmApr 8th 2006 1:11AM
Just what i needed for XP on my new duel booting MacPro *sic*
RizkyApr 8th 2006 5:40AM
i've been using this apps since it's second version. very cool...it's a whole lot better than that pricey WindowBlinds.
semutaApr 8th 2006 9:04PM
I'm wondering whether the system font it switches to is really supposed to look like this, or whether the font is absent from my system (and doesn't come with FlyakiteOSX) and it is thus defaulting to something much less attractive than what I had. Does anyone know?
LoganTApr 9th 2006 12:41PM
Yeah, yeah Mac OSX is pretty, and everything. But that wears off very soon (at least for me), because I'm only looking at my desktop for maybe 2 seconds, and then I'm in Firefox. Oh and whenver I install Flyakite0sx I get spyware.
SamApr 9th 2006 3:03PM
When I installed this, it got an error in making a system restore point. Then it proceeded in installing anyway - without the ability to cancel.
I uninstalled, and now I get occasional random system errors - like when changing desktop properties. I have to dig out my Windows system CD and hope that I can "repair" Windows now.
Also, my sound settings and desktop properties have been changed to Windows default, and MS Excel still has the Mac-style icon.
jaemzApr 11th 2006 10:33AM
I installed flyakite on a fresh xp install 4 months ago.
It works great for me, I love it.