[Nobody]

blank>Check it out here -- Mac OS X for Windows XP! In particular, the dock.

Then there's blank> this interface, also.

[Nobody]

The Register had blank>this to say:

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What these sites are enthused about this week is a technology demo from Stardock, which brings the much loved, or loathed Dock to Windows.

The demo is about a year old, Stardock's CEO Brad Wardell told us. Apple has gone after Stardock before, when the company was caught in one of its early and fairly indiscriminate sweeps against Aqua tributes.

Stardock provides skinning technology and other UI enhancements that make Windows bearable. It launched its own highly configurable and customizable ObjectBar more than a year ago. A couple of years ago it began to trial a scriptable, object-based UI called DesktopX, that we'd like to see other OSes try and emulate, as the results can be dazzling. The screenshot of Brad's desktop shows animated desktop icons with shadows, which Apple will surely want to emulate at some point.

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Look blank> here. It really is pretty cool looking -- and seems to add some features that I would like to have for my own Mac OS X desktop.

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[CrecenS]

Well if one is going to have the Mac look, why not get the Mac reliability as well?

[Nobody]

Actually, at the website itself (Stardock) they mention that the person who developed the apps, Kevin somebody-or-other, actually uses a Mac and at the site it mentions buying one, actually.

It's interesting how Windows is morphing into OS X in some ways, but the developed apps by Stardock are nice and it mentions something about Apple employing similar effects for some things.

[Nobody]

Actually, PC users are not stupid morons. They know good quality of Mac computers as well as Unix core of OS X. They also do like Aqua and other elements of GUI. The only barrier which prevents them from switching to Mac is very high cost of Mac hardware and sometimes software. Thats why among PC users Apple products are quite respected and Aqua elements are copied.

I have no doubts that if Apple released a cheap non-display desktop Mac capable of running Jaguar, so that users could utilize their old monitors, something like Mac for masses or old LC 630, they would sell tremendous quantity.

Lets say, current Power Macs are overpowered. I mean, they are server class machines. Yet, consumers can choose only between server class machines or monitor-bundled emac or imac. Basically, mac users have no choice.

Imagine now single CPU, 933 or 1 gz desktop Mac without monitor. It could cost as low as 699-800 $. It would sell like hot cake. For example, not everyone may need dual 1.25 CPU just for surfing net. Yet, not everyone needs additional displays.

Single CPU cheap LC/performa style desktop mac would be real hit.

I owned LC630 cause then I couldnt afford anything faster; but it ran perfectly Word 5.1, Illustrator 7 and even Photoshop 4.0; I coudl play Marathon with it. There is no such low-cost desktop Mac now (eMac is with display - and thus costs higher); but there is need, especially when market is pretty saturated now. Pros will buy dual CPUs anyway.

[Hallucinogenic_Toreador]

YZ's dock is better IMO.

I like the synergy between a real taskbar with the dock mainly as a pretty shortcut bar. Now to get that taskbar installed on the mac and I'll be a happy camper.

[lowercase]

Well I gave it a go on my computer and wow it actually works. I was surprised with how well too (my experience with stardock stuff has been bad with the exception of icon packager), no slow down and just as smooth as OS X. You can resize it the same way as OS X and it has the same animations. Whats also cool is that when a window gets an alert (like an inant message) the icon will jump up and down. Also if you minimize the window it will create a thumbnail of it like it does in X.

Pretty cool for just a beta. It would be nice if they gave a right click option, right now a right click will just open the settings for that item, like name, icon and target. Also I dont know if theres a way to add OS X icons to it, but the icon library they give you is pretty limited, normal windows icons are blurry in it.

Heres a screenshot I took: http://www.newelysiu.../forum/dock.jpg

[CharlesVan]

Ok, I'm all jazzed about having an OS X look on my PC laptop.

I now have a dock but can someone tell me how to replace the icons of my applications so that they'll look good when maximized in the dock? Right now they're all fuzzy?

Where can I download icons for applications and how do I change them?

Thanks for your help. images/icons/smile.gif