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Faking the cool OSes, with Windows XP

Check this out: 5 Packs to Transform Windows to other OS.

That's right--no more do you need to go to all the trouble of installing a new OS just to get the "look" of having installed a new OS.

Why? That was my own first question, but it's pretty obvious why, if you're running XP (which is what the article is about) you might want to fake running Vista, Mac OS X, Fedora Linux or Ubuntu Linux:

• You've been told to upgrade your perfectly good Windows XP install, but you just don't want to go to all that trouble and expense. So don't! Just install the Vista Transformation Pack, and get the eye candy without the upgrade hassles.


• Do you work in a "Microsoft or Else" office? Want to give your boss/IT manager/colleagues a heart attack? Just install your choice of Linux/Mac OS X clone pack and enjoy the ride.


• Install the Mac OS X pack in your creative departments, so visitors will think your firm is "cool" enough to use Macs.


• More, and endless, prankage. There are just too many good pranks here to count. Tell the office Windows-know-it-all that Ubuntu Linux is now the order of the day, from the top office. Give that annoying hipster temp a Mac "upgrade". Show the MIS nerds how hard core you are, with your new Fedora desktop.

How would you use one of these transformation packs? Share!

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