Desktop themes/icons

ok...people please bear with me as i am new to the mac world. i went to my local electronics store that is an apple distributor and i came across one of their mac mini's but the strange thing is that the desktop was different and the icons especially the dock toolbar icons. i was wondering of any cool desktop themes/icons i can apply to my mac mini and step by step on how to do it. i came across some desktop themes but do not know how to apply them to my desktop. any help is greatly appreciated...thanks

To change the picture in your desktop click on the apple menu and select system preferences - desktop & screensaver - click the desktop tab and choose the picture you want to display from the desktop pictures file. Alternatively you can display pictures from the other files displayed.
If you want to tinker with your dock go back to system preferences and select dock to set it the way you want. Then there's also the apearance you can change - again from system preferences.
Additionally you can change icons by selecting the folder/file and get info (apple&I or use the file menu) then just paste the new picture over the top of the icon you want to change)
Hope this helps
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