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I have a mac!
Well, not exactly a Mac. I’m still using my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop but I found a great post at aiAlex about hacking Windows to give it the feel of a Mac. I could switch to a Vista but right now, it may not be a good idea. I would buy an iMac but I already have a computer! After reading this post, I realized I was already on my to a Mac look.
- Desktop Wallpaper - I go to Interfacelift for beautiful, high resolution wallpapers.
- Clean up that desktop! - I had a (crappy) Blueberry iMac before so I was definitely influenced by it’s lack of icons on the desktop.
- Mac Icons - You can get these at Interfacelift as well but I got mine from aiAlex’s suggestion.
- Hide the Taskbar - I have it hiding but I also changed the position at the top to accommodate a new addition to my desktop.
- This new addition was provided by Rocket Dock which can be seen at the bottom of the screen shot. You can choose different styles and change the icons for each dock item. It doesn’t have the cool genie effect; otherwise, it has everything else the Mac dock has.
That’s it! It’s tres simple and most importantly, free! There’s more you can do according to aiAlex but it’s too complicated for me but you can give it a try!
With all that said, here’s my question to my readers: Do you like to tweak your computer so it’s not so boring?
