VistaPerfection 2.0 by Spec-Works is a theme that allows users to “re-skin” their jailbroken Apple iPhones in Microsoft Vista style.
According to Spec-Works, VistaPerfection 2.0 features:
• Over 90 Icons
• More Better And Sharper Dock Icons
• Wifi Icon
• Boot And Restore Images
• More Dock Icons (Text,Installer,..Ect..)
• Categories Icons
• Badges
• Sliders
• Edge Icon
• Vista Login/LogOff (Unlock/Lock) Sound Scheme
• Dock
• Status Bar
• Revamped TaskBar
• LockScreen Wallpaper
• Highlight Mask
• Bottom Bar
More info, download link, and images via ModMyiFone here.
Next up from Spec-Works:
• Paint your own BMW. With a brush.
• Fun with Collages: Ed Asner’s head on Marissa Miller’s body. And vice versa!
• House training your dog (and changing your car’s oil) with the Mona Lisa.
Feel free to add your own. We think we’re gonna be sick.
YUCK!
It might deter thieves. Like that Zune cover for iPods.
This is for the guy who’s got the Ferrari and made a hole in the hood to put his Caddy medallion in.
*sigh*…
That crap is like taking a Mercedes-Benz C300 and bolting a Ford Taurus grill onto the front…
and replacing the interior…
and the paint…
that just makes me feel sad.
Now Fat, Stupid Zune Tattoo Guy has a reason to get an iPhone (I can’t imagine he needs to call anyone. Who’d employ him? Or be his friend? Except Steve Ballmer anyhow)
In the words of Mr. T…
I pity the fool!
“More Better…” and we stop right there…
Do they have direct links to the dancing monkey video?
Again, people are trying to make Microsoft part of innovative cutting edge technology. I would be very uncomfortable with anything Microsoft in my iPhone. Haven’t they done enough damage to the PC industry?
Does the skin include bugs and security holes?
Cause it ain’t got the vista feel, unless that happens… and add in the mono-touch hence removing the multi-touch
Slow news day in Mac land x2
There is no call for this kind of abuse! I’m still waking up and do not appreciate this. If you have to post this kind of trash, please do so after 3:00PM. Thanks
If only that time and energy could be channeled…..
I just puked in my mouth.
What’s next?
Catherine Zeta Johnes married with Michael Duglas?
Ups… Wait…
Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “backwards” compatible.
Feeling a little better now . . .
Thought I might point out that, as great as Mac OS X (and it’s new mobile variety) is under the hood, we should all bow down to the greatness that is Apple’s graphic design department.
I mean, just a sprinkling of Microsoft icons totally ruins the best piece of mobile hardware ever designed. That speaks volumes!
“Excuse me sir, would you like a fresh and steaming turd topping on your filet mignon?”
VistaPerfection? What an oxymoron. Perfection shouldn’t be within 10 miles of Vista, let alone being so close that there is no space between the two.
What kind of fscking idiot wants this?
Two comments. 1) What does the windows start button do?
2) MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP!!!!!
MDN, you should put a stock photo of iPhone up, just for instant comparison’s sake.
I wonder what Jon Ive would think if he saw this?
“What kind of fscking idiot wants this?”
There’s always at least one.
So much for perfection when it comes to vista..
For instance, they have pictures and Photos …mmmm
then there is control panel and another one for settings .. strange ¡¡
There is also a computer icon for a phone… why?
don´t know either what happens when you press WMP… guess it takes you to a real iPod.
There must have been a typo, it’s name is VistaPerversion…
All of your outbound calls are automagically redirected to a tech support line in Mumbai.
Ugly as hell…
This week I had to have surgery to my eyelids to remove a couple of non cancerous growths. I’ve had them for awhile, but they were beginning to freak people out when they met me so I got both upper eyelids “lifted”. Cleaned me up, and my eyes look normal again. (or at least they will when the swelling goes down.) My college age son busted my chops a bit and said, “dad, isn’t that kind of like putting lipstick on a pig?”
Vista on an iPhone is putting a pig on a lipstick
Oh, the horror of it all. I really didn’t need to see that this morning.
This is a joke right? Right?
Thanks MDN for a good laugh this morning.
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They could have at least put hands on the clock.
Apart from it is fugly, what moron would want it? To my knowledge, most PC users HATE Vista. I could understand it (well a little maybe) if it was XP but Vista?
This has to be a joke.
WWWHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!???
MaLvado… agreed! Far be it for me to be the Grammar Police, but how does someone let a grammatical error like that slip by??
Now you two can pretend that your Hummer is really a Hybrid. Your Porch is really a Yugo. Your Mac is really a PC.
Terrible idea.
Where’s the Cancel or Allow icon?
The horror . . .the horror. . . . . .
haha this was excellent!!! way too funny
Does this come equipped with a screen saver BSOD?
Wash the nasty taste of fat zune boy out of your mouth:
Apple tattoo chick
Much better!
Geez, its like duct taping a Mercedes Benz hood ornament on a AMC Pacer.
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Undisclosed sources say that Version 3.0 will simulate the Windows experience even more closely by generating a BSD at totally random time intervals.
Can’t wait for Zune Tang’s take on this one… 😀
The “Gadget-Sidebar”…
… and the Start-Menu…
… and the Task-Bar…
Wow! Brilliant joke!
“They could have at least put hands on the clock.”
It’s a subtle reminder that you’re frozen in time. Like the anachronism of the sand hourglass in Windows.
> That crap is like taking a Mercedes-Benz C300 and bolting a Ford Taurus grill onto the front…
Make that the new Acura grill…. Or how about a Bangle butt on the tail of a Ferrari?
That’s too funny!
Does it also have a BSOD?
Peace.
Um, why does that thing have a “Pictures” icon and a “Photos” icon?
obcene idea.
buy some truffle, put it in a big mac.
“Or how about a Bangle butt on the tail of a Ferrari?”
With neon ground effects, curb feelers, a chain steering wheel and a faux fur interior?
i think Borat made that, for the glory of Kazachstan people !
“All Work Was Done By Me “Spec-Works”. And did NOT Take any Work From ANYBODY!”
“If You Like My Work And Would Like To Edit Take a element of my theme… Please Give Credit.”
“VistaPerfection 3.0 Will Follow Up In Acouple Days”
“You Want To Make Sure You Add All The Icons In the Blue In A Category So They Can Disapear From Your Home Screen But Also Keeping Your Categories And Sidebar In Place And Untouched”
“This The Comes Contains:”
More Better And Sharper Dock Icons !
” I Myself This This Is Pretty Cool. To All The People That Criticize Me and My Work Just Because You’re Rooting For A Certain Company Need To Relax Because Microsoft Nor Apple Pays Your Bills. Go Root For The Lakers Or Something.”
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I Myself This Is Horrible, me Says !
Imagine what a joy this thing would be for actual Windows users, though.
Bob the nerd: “Seriously, Jim. The thing actually works! It hasn’t frozen up on me once!”
Jim the IT guy: “That’s exactly why we use Windows Mobile. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have a job.”
Would be funny if MS sued whoever made this on grounds of intellectual prop rights. I mean it is windows logos and crap. That would be great justice.
They really should have released this on April 1st… But as with M$ related crap… they are always late with delivery.
MDN Magic Word: figures
As in: I was always very good with math and figures. Now I am using my understanding of figures to design fanciful stuff.
what a bunch of babies, waaaaaaahhhhh waaaaahhhhhh our iphones have vista waaaaaaahhh waaaahhh stop friggin crying people. stfu and give props where props is due. this theme is awesome. give the guy credit. geez.
I had the same reaction when I saw the winner of the ‘world’s ugliest dog’ competition….
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry….
If anyone from PC land thinks that is a beautiful skin, then, well, uh, uhm, more better power to them.
It might deter thieves. Like that Zune cover for iPods. —Ampar
It just might work! But which is worse: Having your iPhone stolen or seeing that butt-ugly mess whenever you pick up your phone?
“it’s just a wafer thin mint…”
“bring me a bucket!”
I agree with the chorus about how entertaining/sickening this is. But it also made me think back to years ago, when I put an OS X-simulating skin onto my Sony Clíe (a Palm OS handheld), which in that case was an improvement. Memories…
WHY?
When will they release service pack 1?
@MeDummy
Your name says it all…..dumbass
My Eyes! My Eyes!!!
Ewwwwww!!!!
So Ballmer can now say in an interview: “Hey you (we) even got guys making vista skins for the ipod” .. .
He is such an egghead…
I like how it has both “Pictures” and “Photos”, and neither icon really reads as such. 2 chances and = Fail.
Thanks, guys. I just sprayed coffee through my nose and onto my laptop keyboard. Good thing it’s the windoze piece ‘o crap I’m forced to use at work.
“I like how it has both ‘Pictures’ and ‘Photos’ . . .”
I think they meant “Pitchers.”
I like the universal facial expression of the analyst on the Stocks icon.
If Vista worked as well as a Mac (or iPhone), then I could probably get used to the GUI as a compromise, but that’s it
What is making a pig’s ear out of a silk purse?
Oxy-Moron
Forgive them, o Lord, for they know not what they do….
lol more better
He’s probably already working on even more betterer and sharperer dock icons. Very uniquer too.
That guy has a MBP, he should have his Mac membership revoked!
Maybe it’s the only way they can get people to think Windows Mobile actually works (shhhh, don’t look under the hood and pay no attention to the egg-ducker behind the curtain).
Talk about making a Sow’s Ear out of a Silk Purse…
this is definitely it.
This is so wrong on so many levels
Check out the battery icon. They just loaded it on there, and the battery is about dead!
Rush Limbaugh playing CJ in a new season of Baywatch
Thanks, Pete. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
They could film Rush running on the beach in real time and still get that slow motion effect. Will he bring his own medical kit?
Sick!
This is the opposite of putting lipstick on a pig. It is more like using pig shit as lipstick on a supermodel.
For the full effect – paint it brown!
I must say, if that’s IE7 running on an iPhone, I know a couple Million real estae agents that would love to run the MLX while out in the field.
Oh, come on. You guys are all making way too big of a deal out of this. For the three people that will actually download and install this, I’m sure it will rock.
90 icons!!! Why so many? They only needed one big blue icon for Windows skin.
F I – N A L – L Y !!!
“For the three people that will actually download and install this, I’m sure it will rock.”
I’m sure the exterminator spraying his mom’s basement will be in awe.
Only one with the guts to say, “I like it.”
Much better looking than the standard icons.
Why is that so hard for you people to admit?
“Why is that so hard for you people to admit?”
Because admission would mean agreement.
I think they look like crap. Shiny and translucent but crap.
“More better…”
Proper english grammer???
Any self-respecting iPhone would immediately begin a self-destruct countdown. It would be also make sure to only go off when the idiot user who installed this had the iPhone in their chest pocket.
Zune Tang, is this an elaborate hoax of yours ?
Argh! Aack! My eyes! My eyes! Is there a doctor in the house?
“More Better And Sharper Dock Icons”
Ah, thank you Strongbad. Thank you.
This is for the guy who’s got the Ferrari and made a hole in the hood to put his Caddy medallion in.
Well considering his whole Caddy cost less than the Ferrari’s emblem…
That said, there’s no remotely sane reason for this iPhone “theme”.
I’d rather be seen using a Zune on a Big Ass Table.
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I wonder if the next-gen iPhone software will allow for cool skinning like this.
Other than the sidebar and the clutter at the top right, this skin looks pretty cool. I’d probably go for more of a gunmetal sort of theme though. Something other than the iPhone’s cartoonish theme would be a pleasant change.
It’s the Windows device MS so dearly wants to build, but cant.
Love the green, blue, and yellow background. That’s MS today.
This is like converting the Mona Lisa to 256 colors so you can make it look like a paint by numbers project… The elegance of the iPhone is really lost on anyone who thinks Vista is to be desired. The disgusting thing is that there are people out there who think this is a cool idea… go figure….
i wouldnt imagine anyone on a mac only site to be pro-Windows. After all… Apple is back in the black (barely) bc of the ipod…. not for there computers! How many updates has mac OX x had? countless
are you fsking kidding me?
coders kill yourselves…. no really…
“what a bunch of babies, waaaaaaahhhhh waaaaahhhhhh our iphones have vista waaaaaaahhh waaaahhh stop friggin crying people. stfu and give props where props is due. this theme is awesome. give the guy credit. geez.”
i am impressed that you type as well as you do, as you are clearly blind…..
“i wouldnt imagine anyone on a mac only site to be pro-Windows. After all… Apple is back in the black (barely) bc of the ipod…. not for there computers! How many updates has mac OX x had? countless”
congrats! you win the “fact free post of the day” award! nice work!
This is a joke. Right? Did I miss April Fools Day this year?
“Apple is back in the black (barely) bc of the ipod…. not for there computers!”
Most Pathetic Attempt at Trolling Award on an MDN Thread, May 2008
Congrats.
woo hoo move over Brangelina…….
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Ok, someone already stated the obvious OXYMORON. come on…vista and perfection in the same sentence? shouldn’t be in the same space-time continuum. Lets see it’s a 51,52,53 software program no its a 61, 62, 63 software program… sounds like Johnny Cash singing one piece at a time only with code crap they built build one byte at a time.
VistaPerfection is the most ridiculous name. Does not the world detest Microsnot’s products? In any case, this is an inane fallacy of the likes of Zune Tang, who are clearly envious of Mac OS X iPhone. Remember the old article that said that arguing Windows over Mac was a sign of mental illness?
there must be a “task manager” icon if your running “Vista” you must be familiar with it
There should be a “task manager” icon, all “Windoze Vista” users can’t operate correctly with out it.
OK, ponder this:
Was it created behind the scenes by Micro$oft to attempt to have Vista work on SOMETHING that is attractive and works that they are incapable of designing themselves.
…..or…..
Was it created behind the scenes by Apple to lure even MORE Winduhz die hards to try using an Apple product, and convert (like Winduhz on a Mac, and iTunes and Safari for PC)?
; )
i’ve got the same problem, and i found the solution here to Fix BSOD Error, just for reference.