Technology: How to Skin a Lion

If you read yesterday's post then you may quite well figure that this might excite me. It might excite you, too.

Do you find yourself thinking that even though you like how Windows 7 functions, but like the soft Apple trademarked sexiness that is Mac OS 10.7 Lion? Well, you're in luck! A user by the name of "hameddanger" over at DeviantArt has made a skin pack to turn Windows 7 into a much sexier Lion.

Before you get all carried away with yourself, you should create a System Restore point, so if for some reason things go awry, you can roll back to where you were before. he theme pack will patch certain system files, so there’s always a chance something could go wrong, but it should work just fine on both 32 and 64-bit Windows 7 systems, although it works best on 32-bit systems.

The Mac OS X Lion Transformation Pack adds the Lion touch to almost every part of Windows 7 from log on screen to Control Panel. It also installs some unique Mac features to the latest version of Windows. This particular theme is neatly packaged as a no-fuss installer. Just download, double-click, and keep clicking next until you reach the end of the process. After you reboot, several new apps will appear in your system tray, each one imparting a bit of the Lion look and feel - including Leftsider to move the maximize/minimize/restore buttons, UberIcon to add the bounce effect to your desktop icons, RocketDock, and Y’s Shadow.