Vista OSX - Any good?

EverybodyelsE · 17 Dec 2008 at 00:31

There is a website with a Vista to OSX look transformation pack called 'Vista OSX'. It now supports Vista x64 and I wondered if it was any good and if anyone is running it ok?

Vista OSX '09

Ross1234 · 17 Dec 2008 at 00:33

why? OSX looks horrid.

agw_01 · 17 Dec 2008 at 01:00

I'm running it. It's quite nice. Got my taskbar at the top of the screen and the dock at the bottom.

Takes a little bit to get used to but it's a change from the usual Windows layout.

Simian · 17 Dec 2008 at 08:13

Poo... Don't run with Vista 64bit according to the FAQ...

fanger · 17 Dec 2008 at 09:24

Why would anyone want to do this when you have Stardock WindowBlinds.

bledd · 17 Dec 2008 at 09:29

'quick launch' does me, don't need any extra crap slowing me down

EverybodyelsE · 17 Dec 2008 at 09:39

Simian said:
Poo... Don't run with Vista 64bit according to the FAQ...

There is now a 64-bit version on the download page. I think the FAQ needs an update.

agw_01 said:
I'm running it. It's quite nice. Got my taskbar at the top of the screen and the dock at the bottom.

Takes a little bit to get used to but it's a change from the usual Windows layout.

Was it easy to install?

knowledge123 · 17 Dec 2008 at 20:17

EverybodyelsE said:
Was it easy to install?

I'm running it too (thanks for the link

), it was a piece of cake, you can choose what you want to change on install and then when you've rebooted, double click a .theme link on your desktop.

Click for full res. The icons I'm using here are from here.

lsg1r · 17 Dec 2008 at 22:21

So basically its a theme and one of the 'dock' programs - can't see the point to be perfectly honest either.

I already have my start bar at the top of my display, the mac leopard wallpaper in 'my pictures' if I want it and I can download a dock if I felt the need for it - I don't.

Yes I know my start bar doesn't look the same but I can't say that looks very nice to be honest.

mr.sly · 18 Dec 2008 at 00:12

Each to their own and everything. But that looks horrible.

ShakenNstirred · 18 Dec 2008 at 00:23

doesnt look that good to me
think i`ll give it a miss

EverybodyelsE · 18 Dec 2008 at 12:27

I currently use something called FlyAKite. It's a OSX transformation pack for XP and I wanted to know if there is a similar pack for Vista before I switch to the OS. I prefer FlyAKite to WindowBlinds because you don't have to use a skinning program of any kind. I'm glad to see VistaOSX '09 works well so I will give it a try when I get my i7 system built.

swinnie · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:00

bledd. said:
'quick launch' does me, don't need any extra crap slowing me down

+1

fanger · 18 Dec 2008 at 15:37

swinnie said:
+1

+ another here.

What's the point of overclocking if you're choking graphics before you've even opened an app.

AndyOcUK · 18 Dec 2008 at 15:42

fanger said:
+ another here.

What's the point of overclocking if you're choking graphics before you've even opened an app.

+ another here.

Its better than desktop shortcuts because they are cached to memory at start up, quicklaunch icons are not

QL F.T.W