MacTweak95 WinMac, WinMac 98

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To Mac users...
Would you like to take that familiar Mac desktop and put it onto the PC you use at work? Are you considering buying a PC, but worry the desktop will seem foreign?

To PC users...
Are you a PC user interested in the Mac OS "look and feel", but aren't prepared to change platforms?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you should try these few downloads, which I have tested on a number of Windows machines. They are all easy to install and uninstall. They are FREEWARE and do not require a payment of any kind.

Below are actual screen shots of a Windows98 desktop with these "Mac View" running. Click on the thumbnails displayed below to see a larger image.

MacOS8 style desktop

Below is a list of recommended programs that can help give your PC the...
"look and feel of a PowerPC, running Mac OS 8"

By downloading and clicking on these two (virus free) files your desktop will be changed automatically. To change it back, just click "uninstall" from their program menus.

Freeware

Mac View - This program has gone through a number of dramatic improvements in the last few months, which now places it ahead of the other programs on my list. This free download comes with a Mac Finder, that really does a wonderful job of acting just like a Mac finder on a real Mac. The "About this Computer" program looks just like the one from Mac OS 8.6 and works without any problems. 100% automatic. (updated 2000)

Highly Recommended:
Recommended System: Pentium 200 MHz or higher with at least 32 megs of RAM.
Downside: Only faster CPUs are supported.

Mac95 - A creative desktop theme for windows from Vanessa Zoe. This program adds Mac style wallpaper, icons, event sounds, cursors, system fonts, and startup/shut down screens. Highly detailed. Very easy to install or uninstall. 100% automatic. (updated 10/99)

Highly Recommended:
Recommended System: 486 or higher with at least 16 megs of RAM.
Down side: This download does not include a Mac Finder. You must download "Mac View" for the full mac effect.

WinMac - A functional, customizable Mac style "Finder" menu bar and a cute Mac Caculator. Toggle between System7 and OS8.

Recommended:
Recommended System: 486 or higher with at least 16 megs of RAM, high colour display..
Down side: This Mac Finder looks like the older Mac Finders without built in Icons in the Apple menu. The "About this Computer" program looks like Mac OS 7.5. You must copy the fonts* and cursors to your windows' sub folders using Windows Explorer.

* Thank you for you questions on Mac Fonts. When you download and install WinMac95, you will have the true Macintosh fonts. Look under "C:\Program Files\WinMac\extra." This folder will have the famous "Chicago" font that we all love!

Download Source Links.

WinMac was created by Ritchie Chow, and is available as a free download at...

http://home.hkstar.com/~ritchie/winmac.html

Mac95, and most of the other patches, is downloadable at the Mac95 website...

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2736/

ZoomOpen is freeware and available at...

http://www.barefootinc.com/zoomopen.htm

MoreProperties is also freeware, downloadable at...

http://www.imaginary.co.za/mp20/

ShareWare

Other
programs and patches

(32-bit Win) L-View Pro, For the easiest Photo editor around with a good collection of editing tools. .

(32-bit Win) Tweak UI 98, A friendly and very easy user interface for tweaking windows 98 to fit any idea. .
Other nice files to
change Windows 95/98 to Mac OS 8.X

(16-bit Win) TransMac, An older, but still useful program to allow Windows read and write to Mac disks. .

(16-bit Win) iMac Icons, a wonderful high colour icon pack from the iMac OS. .

(16-bit Win) iMac 2 Icons, a wonderful high colour icon pack from the iMac OS. .

(32-bit Win) Mac Theme, a basic Mac Theme for Windows 95/98. .

(32-bit Win) Mac95v55, an advanced Mac Theme set. .

(32-bit Win) Mac Shine 98, gives you Mac OS tools. .

(32-bit Win) WinMac98, gives you the Mac OS 8 apple taskbar, complete with working menus, tools, Apple menu, Apple Calculator, and Mac FINDER.

(32-bit Win) Mac Explore (Gemxplor), Best tool for reading Mac disks on a Windows PC, complete with easy to use menus and tools. .
Changing Windows 95/98 to Mac OS websites
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(Web Page) Zoe ~ Mac Theme, 100% automatic Mac theme Setup. .

(Web Page) WinMac98 Homepage at http://www.niklas.com/w.html .

(Web Page) 101 Windows themes, a great resource. .
Macintosh Software

(Macintosh) Mac to Dos file namer. Allows the Mac user to use the three letter extensions to transfer files to PCs.

When it comes to appearance, Windows95/98 is highly customizable. These patches and programs are easy to install, can be quickly disabled, or uninstalled altogether. Experienced Macintosh users can make the Windows95/98 desktop a much more familiar place. And for long time Windows users, the Mac style interface can be a refreshing change.

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