Microsoft pimped up Windows Vista quite a bit when you compare it visually to Windows XP. It seems to me that they have put lots of resources into the design which probably should have gone elsewhere but that’s my personal opinion. If you run Windows Vista and like the way OS X is designed you could install Vista OS X which transforms the Windows Vista theme to that of Mac OS X.
The Mac OS X theme can be installed on all 32-bit editions of Windows Vista and is fully Service Pack 1 compatible. UAC has to be disabled before installation, it will fail otherwise. The user is asked during installation to check the elements that he wants to install. He can choose eight elements in total that include Screensavers, Wallpapers, the Visual Style or the Dock.
I suggest you check all of them to make sure you get the full OS X design. Minimalists will have to check at least the System Files and the Visual Style to be installed. The System Files contain the uxtheme patch which is necessary to apply the visual theme and additional new designs for the boot screen, welcome center, buttons and so on.
The Windows Vista OS X visual style comes with an uninstaller that completely removes the theme from the system again.
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also please remember you can only get true feeling of a different OS thats made from the same company as the OS from a CD…not a small sized file…
which in this case the OS thing on here is eing install improperly….DO NOT DOWNLOAD
MAC OSX = Apple
XP, vista, 98,95 = windows…and 2 different OS from a different company will not work on a computers thats only coded for windows
hi random!
Thank god you got what this programm is about..
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random says, September 1st, 2008
MAC OSX = Apple
XP, vista, 98,95 = windows…and 2 different OS from a different company will not work on a computers thats only coded for windows”
The Program this topic is about is a Desktop Theme for Windows Vista.
But great that You gave us your wisdomabout apple programjs cant be installed on windows pcs.
LOL LMAO
Can you flip the Close, Resize, Minimise buttons?
Wow, random must be a hacker. Knows so much about computers, he could even tell the difference between Apple and Microsoft. Which one has a fruit on it?
For the record, you can install OS X on PC’s now. Same hardware, illegal licensing.
how to uninstall this theme?as it doesnt show up in the add/remove programmes in the control panel so how 2 remove it?
yea u can flip the toggle buttons, google search for leftsider.dll, works very simply, small app too.!
hi
HEY PEOPLE, THE DOWNLOAD IS SAFE IF YOU CAN RESTORE YOUR HARD DRIVE, AND IT IS REALLY COOL THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TELLING BULLSHIT IN THIS PLACE NO RISK JUST DOWNLOAD IT
looks good ill have a go
I just installed this last night on a new Vista laptop, as per the installation instructions I rebooted the OS and now I have nothing – the system hangs upon booting up and can’t even get it to run in safe mode! Any suggestions would be appreciated!
please help – I need my laptop for an important project this weekend!
thanks.
I started downloading, then quickly canceled it when I read all these comments.
This looks crap, don’t download it.
This laptop is new, so no way am I risking it just because of some stupid theme.
i recommend not to download this either. if your want your vistas looking like macs, i suggest you download other mac os themes from other sites. theyre way better too! visit vistaknowledge.com! youll find awesome themes there!
Copy cats get a real mac! lol
i h8ted this software….COULD NO UNINSTALL…HAD 2 SYSTEM RESTORE……RUINED MY COMPUTER….DONT INSTALL….DNT DOWNLOADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!
is this good
Wow
Well, I use Mac at school and Vista at home, but the Exit/Minimize/Restore/Maximize buttons are supposed to be at the left-top corner, not at the right-top corner, also when you see a sign light, it has the colors at this order:
Red.
Yellow.
Green.
Not:
Yellow.
Green.
Red.
The rest (The accept, cancel buttons and that CRAP) are exactly the same.
Maybe this Isn’t the real download? I downloaded it from the MAIN Vista OS x website and I haven’t found on virus/trojan yet. It works fine, and hasn’t messed up my computer a bit.
kindly sent me theme MAC Os X for Windows XP thanxx
Best Regards
Mr Syed
Did any of you who said? this theme is acting as a trojan, changing system files, like screensaver and others. SO before you complain about trojans think about this. this program works perfectly as long as you dont freak out too quickly…
i mean did any of you who said this has trojans read what they said, sorry
this is why when you delete the “trojans” from the theme it gets all messed up because you are altering what it does.
look nice
Well, I’d like to apologize to the authors of this great Transformation Pack. My earlier post said that there was a virus in it, but I just re-downloaded it from your website, disabled my anti-virus, and everything went perfectly. I’ve reinstalled Vista since my last post, it may have had something to do with that. Anyway, great work!
it works very well & it looks so nice! thanks a lot but still i have some minor problems like my windows taskbar is still showing & my finder is not working its still looking for rk launcher? what im gonna do? thnaks again guys for a wonderful job!
and no virus at all!
Thank You for nice theme.
thank you for all
This looks pretty nice once you get it all set up, however, there is no uninstall executable where it says there is! So, I switched themes, and deleted all the files in the folder where all the files were, restarted, and now my desktop and explorer.exe don’t work! I’m very upset about this because Now I can’t back anything up before I reinstall windows. =[ Thanks a lot guys =D