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20:54 - "Mutton dressed as lamb"
http://features.engadget.com/entry/8828351836181248
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Via JMH: a site that walks you through the many-step process of transforming your Windows XP machine into a Mac.
StyleXP or WindowBlinds (skins the Graphical User Interface of your operating system)
ObjectBar (the white Finder bar on the top of Macs; has File, Edit, View, etc. on it.)
ObjectDock, YzDock (discontinued), or MobyDock (The dock on the bottom of a Mac that contains icons and shortcuts to programs)
Trillian (chat program that can be skinned to resemble iChat)
YzToolbar (skins the toolbar icons in your Windows windows)
YzShadow (puts a lovely drop shadow under your windows á la Mac OS X)
Rainlendar (popular skinable desktop calendar)
Rainmeter (skinnable desktop system statistics)
Samurize (like Konfabulator for the Mac; can display just about anything, such as clocks, uptime, and the weather)
iTunes for Windows (self-explanatory)
Icons (The pretty little pictures on your desktop that point you somewhere. There are millions out there, but try the link provided for over a 1,000 lifted from Mac OS X 10.3 aka Panther)
You know there's been a sea change in popular opinion when a site like this speaks in no way but fawningly about the platform it's trying to emulate. And it's pretty complete, too, even covering apps to take the place of third-party shareware goodies like the matchless Konfabulator: "Samurize is a bit complicated, so if you’re going to try and use it, be forewarned that it can be a very big hassle, if it works at all." Hey, it's completist and honest. Who can argue?
This site may teach how to successfully turn your PC into a Mac; but far more impressively, Steve may have succeeded at last in turning the Mac into something that everybody yearns for. These are heady days, when people clamor for Mac OS X, and only cost—not derisive sidelong ribbing—prevents them from making the switch. Apple's winning hearts and minds.
If only Bush could show as much initiative.
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Brian Tiemann
