fire and forget

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In which case I guess I should be extremely flattered by TechRadar’s 7 ways to make your PC look like a Mac article, posted yesterday by Adam Oxford. The suggestions:

1. Move your taskbar to the top of your screen
2. Install a dock like ObjectDock
3. Get Expose with Switcher 2.0.0
4. Throw in Widgets such as Yahoo! Widgets
5. Completely reskin Windows using StarDock’s WindowBlinds or OSX clone FlyAKite
6. Get some Spaces with DeskSpace
7. That’s the look - add themes

1 and seven are new to me, I must give them a try. Thanks, TechRadar! But hmm, something about the rest seems familiar… can’t put my finger on it… Oh yeah, I remember: this time last year I wrote an article for CNET UK called Mock OS X: Five ways to make your PC more like a Mac. My suggestions:

1. Install a dock like ObjectDock
2. Get Exposé with MyExposé
3. Throw in Widgets such as Yahoo! Widgets (then called Konfabulator)
4. Get some Spaces with DeskSpace
5. Completely reskin Windows using StarDock’s WindowBlinds or OSX clone FlyAKite

My article had a better title, spelt Exposé right and drew a metaphor with the oyster scene from Spartacus. See? Completely different.

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