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Matt T
Mac VS X 0.1 BETA

Mac VS X is a transformation pack that is designed to make your Windows XP computer look, feel and act like Mac OS X by Apple. The complete package will contain a visual style, logon screens, boot screen, system icons, wallpaper, user pictures, system sounds, mouse cursors, application skins, edited shell files and more (any ideas, please post them).

This is a BETA release - it does not contain all the features listed above. It is intended for testing purposes, so please send/post your feedback once you have downloaded it.

0.1 BETA includes:
• Visual Style
- Tiger VS v1.1.2 by KoL
• Boot Screens
- MacOS LogonUI pack v3 by Cubiz
• Wallpaper
- 6 wallpapers ripped from Mac OS X

For more information and updates, you can visit the Mac VS X website: http://macvsx.cubiz.org/

Download at deviantART and full screenshot: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/16873209/

Note: if you're an author and have created an Apple-inspired peice of work, and would like to contribute it to MAc VS X, please let me know!
caerma
great job so far, i'll try it later...
pto
Looks good.
Matt T
thankyou smile.gif

if anyone know's how to make installers, please pm me
JakeM741
awesome thumbs_up.gif
y0sh
umm...

http://osx.portraitofakite.com/

Too late bud. It's been done.
..and whaddyaknow? Same VS too! happy.gif
Matt T
yeah, I already knew about FlyakiteOSX. I started working on Mac VS X in December last year and I only heard about FlyakiteOSX last week - I wasn't about to throw all the work I had done away just because of this. Besides, I think it could be done better.

Hopefully you'll see Mac VS X will have it's advantages when it hits v1 happy.gif
gigapixels
Pfft... Just go buy a Mac... ninja.gif

LOL Just kidding... I was there not too long ago, though I do have my Mac mini now. There's only so much you can do to make it seem like a Mac, but it's so much different once you actually sit down and use a Mac.
Matt T
QUOTE(fubarshibby @ Apr 5 2005, 16:33)
Pfft... Just go buy a Mac... ninja.gif

LOL Just kidding... I was there not too long ago, though I do have my Mac mini now. There's only so much you can do to make it seem like a Mac, but it's so much different once you actually sit down and use a Mac.
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LOL - more true words have never been spoken.

Believe me, if I could I would buy a Mac - I adore Apple. I'm trying to get my hands on an iMac. Until then, this is the best I can do. smile.gif
gigapixels
QUOTE(Cubiz @ Apr 4 2005, 22:55)
LOL - more true words have never been spoken.

Believe me, if I could I would buy a Mac - I adore Apple. I'm trying to get my hands on an iMac. Until then, this is the best I can do. smile.gif
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And I completely understand. I was incredibly happy to get the money for my Mac mini... Now I'll never go back to using my Windows machine as my primary computer.
Matt T
question: would an installer be a good idea, or would you prefer to have Mac VS X the way it is now (everything in folders and you change everything manually)?
GreenLemon
Definatly an installer. Something that could be reversed if need arise. Plus, this would make it a little easier for those who don't know how to replace system files on their own.
yuyingfenpiao
Really looks great~ The skins look just like Mac. A long way it still has. If the hock and the taskbar & menu can be changed into sth like Mac, it'll be greater. I just thought the hardest one is to customize the menu just make it like Mac's. Hold on.


But, but don't you think it is a little bit too large the size?
frogger
I think you should inculde an installer version, and a zip, just to make everyone happy.
Matt T
QUOTE(yuyingfenpiao @ Apr 8 2005, 03:27)
Really looks great~ The skins look just like Mac. A long way it still has. If the hock and the taskbar & menu can be changed into sth like Mac, it'll be greater. I just thought the hardest one is to customize the menu just make it like Mac's. Hold on.
But, but don't you think it is a little bit too large the size?
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The visual style was contributed by KoL - any suggestions should go to him smile.gif

And as for the size, I'd love to make it smaller but at the moment I can't.
Raditz
try and get permission to include rk launcher or a good dock.
nice pack, btw.
Matt T
QUOTE(rj2k @ Apr 9 2005, 16:54)
nice pack, btw.
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thankyou


And by the way, I noticed on devART that the pack has recieved 5000+ downloads and it's only the first BETA thumbs_up.gif thanks guys
Matt T
Mac VS X 0.2 BETA

I have just released the second Mac VS X BETA. v0.2 contains some system icons, Y'z Dock icons, a skin for Inhotus and all the Mac OS X wallpapers.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/16873209/
jojoey
Thanks
Sean J
Thank you,but where is the jaguar wallpaper? Its in the screenshot but not in the pack..

/Cqua
Matt T
QUOTE(Cqua @ Apr 25 2005, 10:08)
Thank you,but where is the jaguar wallpaper? Its in the screenshot but not in the pack..
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Thanks for pointing that out - I seem to have forgotten to include it blush.gif

You can download it here if you want: http://home.iprimus.com.au/ktraynor63/cubi...s_wp_jaguar.jpg

Sorry about that.
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