Switching to Mac

Published on December 30, 2004 By MGiff In WindowBlinds

I'm considering switching from PC to Mac and need to know if ALL the stardock products I have purchased need to be purchased again. Can someone help? I've found an amazing setup cheap due to someone moving.

Comments (Page 1)

CygnusXII

on Dec 30, 2004

I didn't even know Stardock Products were developed for Mac.
I think the closest thing to Windowblinds for mac is http://www.kaleidoscope.net/ [Kaleidoscope], and its' functionality is limited to OS9.2 and below. It isn't supported in the OSX v10.
Although one would wonder, since OSX is a UniX derivative, that you could theoretically run an Xwindows Theme System on it, and theme it that way.

Hus

on Dec 30, 2004

Cygnus, you're wrong about that. Shapeshifter skins OSX, and from what I heard, and seen...it does a pretty good job of it too. You can read more about Shapeshifter, here. http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/shapeshifter
You can oogle at the themes for it at http://www.macthemes.net

As far as your Stardock programs go, none of them will work on a Mac...period. Might want to consider staying... ;]

CygnusXII

on Dec 30, 2004

Well that show's ya how far out of the mac loop I am, last time I had a Mac was a G3 Box @ work for product support issues. I am going to check shapeshifter out now. Thanks JMH

MGiff

on Dec 31, 2004

Well darn! Does that mean I can't use WB if I buy the Mac? That would suck!

MarkMcQ

on Dec 31, 2004

Does that mean I can't use WB if I buy the Mac?

None of the Object Desktop stuff will work on it as they're developed only for Windows.
To skin OSX you use Shapeshifter, as mentioned above. Shapeshifter also allows you to change the system icons by applying iContainer themes, which are icon sets that are used with CandyBar and Pixadex(Both are Mac icon changing programs).
There's also a program called Mighty Mouse, which is developed by the people who make Shapeshifter, and it lets you change the cursors on OSX.
And also there's obviously Konfabulator too, if you want some widgets on the desk.

PixelPirate

on Dec 31, 2004

Stardock hasn't made any apps for Mac customization. You'll need to visit http://www.unsanity.com who offers plenty. You can use CursorXP skins with Mighty Mouse though. For icons you would need CandyBar: http://iconfactory.com/cb_home.asp

There aren't many skins yet for ShapeShifter, but it's getting more popular. To see what's going on in the Mac GUI community you could try these sites:

http://macthemes.net/
http://forums.macnn.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c1ec355d78b52036b0dc783c61b0d50a&forumid=94
http://interfacelift.com/

All running nicely on my G4.

MGiff

on Dec 31, 2004

I may have to reconsider. Once I'm hooked on a product I'm tenacious. Thanks for all the replies, you've given me something to think about.

CygnusXII

on Dec 31, 2004

So I wonder... hmm was the same kind of deal struck with the use of .cursortheme as was the iconPackager themes?

MarkMcQ

on Jan 01, 2005

I don't think there was, but in this case Unsanity have a formaty of their own for their app, and cxp importing is a side thing, whereas TGT were basically just leeching off Icon Packagers success.

Eroticus Prime

on Jan 02, 2005

Another useful site: Link

WARCRY

on Jan 02, 2005

on a subject anyone know of any place to get mac cheap? been wanting one for the past year

kona0197

on Jan 02, 2005

Ebay.

lilstarfish

on Jan 02, 2005

You'd still need to buy new applications unless you
plan on using Virtual PC on the mac. Then you could
still use all Stardock apps with Virtual PC

http://www.apple.com/uk/smallbusiness/mac_pc/applications.html

Hmm.. for some reason the forum doesn't let me add the correct link...

Copy the url link into a new browser window, then copy/paste the last part(pc/applications.html) after the first part.

lilstarfish

on Jan 02, 2005

hi WARCRY!

You might get a brand new mac cheap soon as Apple
supposedly are about to release a monitor less iMac
model.

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo2.html

MGiff

on Jan 02, 2005

Warcry, I don't know where you are but the one I was gonna get, and decided not to, was an Imac G4 for 700.00.

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