Julio Santos

Sure I got a Thinkpad instead of the MacBook Pro, but that doesn’t mean I can’t make this fine Windows box look a little bit more like a Mac. It’s not that hard actually.

First clean the desktop. Organize everything in folders for example, then move them to your “My Documents” folder. Also make sure you auto-hide your taskbar. At this point you should only have the usual suspects on your desktop. Things such as the My Computer icon, Network, Recycle Bin, etc.

Your desktop should look something like this

Now add the desktop bar to the taskbar (right-click the taskbar -> Toolbars -> Desktop) then hide the desktop icons (right-click the desktop -> Arrange Icons By -> Show Desktop Icons).

Now your desktop looks something like this. Almost save as the previous, without the desktop icons.

Not really like a Mac yet, you’re just setting the stage at this point.

Now get the nifty (and free) ObjectDock and just install it. Your desktop looks like something like this now.

If you make your dock show on top, and move your mouse over the ObjectDock bar, you’ll have that cool Mac-like animation. Now we’re getting there.

Since you’ve installed ObjectDock, go one step further and install also WindowBlinds. It’s not free, but comes with a 60-day trial version. It’s only $50 though.

It comes with a few cool skins. I like Aura by Mike Bryant, because it’s very clean, and it has those shadows around the windows.

At this point your system should feel much different. Not just windows and dialogs, but also toolbars, buttons, etc.

Now download a different Firefox theme (Tools -> Themes). Pick iFox, the closest I could find to a Mac look.

Finally, change the wallpaper. There are some here and here that I like a lot. This is what it looks like

Good enough while I wait for the OS X to run on my thinkpad.