Mock OS X: Five ways to make your PC more like a Mac

Mac feature: Look and feel
Windows version: FlyakiteOSX 3.5

Once you've got your cool new features up and running, you might want to round out the Mac experience by adding some of the various Apple-emulating skins, desktops and wallpapers floating about the Web. There are ways to do it in one go. FlyakiteOSX completely restyles your PC from head to toe in Cupertino blue, but only on XP.

Be warned: FlyakiteOSX will monkey with your system files, so it might not be one for work. Before you start, fire up the System Restore program (Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools) and create a system restore point, which will allow you to undo the changes if there's any problems.

But why would you want to? Just look at those traffic-light buttons in the corner of the graphite windows! Look at those blue folders! And all on an HP PC running Windows XP.

For a less permanent overhaul, XP and Vista can both be pimped-out Mac-style with StarDock's WindowBlinds. You don't have to go the full way of the Mac, however, as WindowBlinds makes almost all aspects of your user interface customisable.

Or you could just, y'know, get a Mac...

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