Microsoft users that have long been bashing Mac addicts for their "intuitional userface" will now bask in the glow of their fluorescent light fixtures. Too bad they have not yet discovered that true innovation means going out into the sunlight.
No more than a month ago, Microsoft began shipping its new operating system Windows Vista. The release of Vista meant the end to the longest time span between two versions of Windows--five years, to be exact.
During these five years, Bill Gates must have been using the Apple-based OS X because the similarities between the two operating systems are uncanny.
To name a few:
- "Windows Aero," Microsoft's reply to Apple's "Hot Corners" and "Exposé," is the new graphical interface that includes animated minimizing and enlarging windows, the ability to "flip" through windows, and fewer driver-related crashes.
- To jump on the "Widget"--or as Microsoft calls theirs "Gadget"--bandwagon, Vista introduces "Sidebar." Sidebar is a place to hold certain bits of information, such as the weather or other small programs. "Dashboard," anyone?
- "DVD Maker," a carbon copy of "iDVD," and a companion to "Movie Maker," a cheap, low-quality rip-off of "iMovie."
- "Windows Calendar," the antagonist to Apple's "iCalendar."
- Even OS X's navigational tools, such as "Spotlight," are being emulated by Vista through "Windows Search," a way to quickly skim through files directly from the desktop.
Information for this post was obtained from the Wikipedia article "Windows Vista" and from the Microsoft "Windows Vista" Web Site.
3 comments:
As for me, I'll stay with my Mac, thank you.
Appreciate your blog entries on technology and science.
oh copycats...I'm a Mac user...always will be for now on! apple is always one step ahead of microsoft
Or 5 years, for that matter.
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