Turn Windows XP into Mac OS X with FlyakiteOSX

Victory says on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:59 am

You need to be very careful when installing these sorts of things. OS Transformation packs are usually designed to be installed and stay installed. They replace your standard dlls with the transformed ones. However when you try to uninstall them sometimes dlls go missing and programs start to break.

Sure Transformation Packs create system restore points but if your DLLs are missing and Windows won’t let you boot up into safe mode, that’s as good as no backup.

Just be aware about that and FlyakiteOSX can be a great fun install.

Ronan says on March 22nd, 2007 at 6:13 am

I got a virus warning saying it was infected with TROJ_Generic when I tried to download this package from http://download.porterror.com/.....20v3.5.exe

I am using the latest version of TrendMicro Officescan (7.3 / engine 8.320.1003/ DAT 21/03/07)

Rado says on March 22nd, 2007 at 6:19 am

FlyakiteOSX is a great transformation pack. Other than this I can recommend the BricoPacks and TrucsenVrac ShellPacks.

vzxv says on March 22nd, 2007 at 11:09 am

any idea if this slows down the system considerably when running?

set says on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:20 pm

I’ve had this installed for quite some time on my kids pc… I’ve had no issues at all.

Ian says on March 23rd, 2007 at 10:17 am

I installed FlyAKite, and it is very shiny and pretty, but my system took a dive a bit. Log on and Log off and Shut Down began to take entirely too long. And programs just began to give errors that never did before.

I kept it for about 2 weeks, and my system had just got so finicky that I uninstalled it. I don’t really have any sort of technical explanations of why or what, but you can just tell.

Because it is constantly loading background apps and restoring DLL files that Windows changes back to default, things just get sketchy. But if you can look past the longer startup, and just the quirkiness it brings, by all means, install it. The Aqua effect is nice to see in Windows though.

I don’t have any alternate methods or suggestions to get WinXp to look like a Mac. I guess go for RocketDock if you want a dock.

Hope this helps.

Ian

macandpcallmixedup says on July 6th, 2007 at 4:49 am

stardock products have been doing this for years, and works without a lot of problems, but watch for their products that replace boot.ini…those are tricky.

Nerve says on July 24th, 2007 at 11:34 am

I need a flyakite version that lets me close the windows from the left, anybody got that kinda version??? E-mail me pls; geezlenator@gmail.com

Chris says on October 7th, 2007 at 7:14 pm

The best thing to do is install an aqua theme for windows xp, the lock your taskbar and drag it to the top. The install Stardock ObjectDock, then set your background to the MAC OS X Background. It is so much easier, and doesn’t rape your system.

anthony says on November 19th, 2007 at 11:46 am

i did this, now i got annoyed by it and cant take it off so think before you do it!!

Avi says on December 22nd, 2007 at 6:45 am

its good n simple
cool look n infernce

bob says on May 9th, 2008 at 8:38 am

it make ma computer very attractive to sit before it

Justin Amaker says on May 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

I love FlyakiteOSX..It look likes Mac OS X and I LOVE IT better than boring xp..

Jake says on June 21st, 2008 at 2:46 pm

Can you create a system checkpoint and will it full restore if I don’t like it?

tre anthony Huang says on February 26th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

i want window and mac

lako says on April 19th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

this is nice

amitoj says on June 19th, 2009 at 4:52 am

any user pls donot use this site because this is wastage of time

Usman says on September 10th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

I just installed flyakiteOSX.. it looks great!! I have been a MAC user for the past 15 years.. and I just got a netbook today, to facilitate my constant travelling (in order to travel light)…and i miss my Macbook oready… But thanks to flyakiteOSX, i do not “miss home” so much. Not exactly like the real thing, but it’s good enough.

I have noticed a slight slow down in the system after the install, and it is quite noticible on the netbook, as it’s only a 1.66Ghz, and 2GB ram…other than that, so far so good! THUMBS UP!