10 ways Windows 7 imitates OSX
Lifehacker has a list of 10 things to look forward to in Windows 7, the upcoming follow-up to the wildly successful Windows Vista (cough).
Here, we list these 10 things and equate them to existing features in our beloved OSX.
10. Ding-dong, the Sidebar is dead. = Widgets.
9. Calculator, WordPad, and Paint got overhauled. = Err, ok, no comparable features I guess, but really, this is something to look forward to in Windows 7?
8. Windows 7 will run longer on your notebook’s battery power. = Yeah, we have power management that works too. This one seems rather arbitrary, since it really depends on the computer and what’s running on it.
7. You can switch between Wi-Fi networks in one click from the system tray. = The Airport Utility menubar item says hello, Windows users.
6. You can decide what you do and don’t want to see in the system tray. = To be honest, having this all built into one app to is actually an improvement we can get behind. No more unchecking items from individual System Preferences would be a nice enhancement to OSX.
5. You get more control of User Account Control. = Unix underpinnings and individual user permissions make OSX account management far superior to how Windows handles it, but it is good to see them making the move to more granular control - not sure that being able to turn off all security alerts is the right move though - perhaps making the dialogs less crappy would be a better route to take for Windows.
4. Libraries group similar content; Homegroups to make sharing libraries easier. = Smart folders and Bonjour do it faster, better and with a less confusing interface.
3. You can instantly snap your windows to size, and clear the desktop in one motion. = Expose.
2. Windows 7 starts up faster. = Not much to say here without benchmarks, but anyone who has ever used OSX and Vista knows the time difference is vast.
1. You can do MUCH more from the Windows 7 taskbar. = The OSX Dock has context related menus, live previews and alerts. The Windows taskbar adds some of this and still takes up way too much space while doing it. The taskbar also requires more clicks and in use is very clunky when trying to navigate active applications or windows.
So there you are - 10 things to look forward to in WIndows 7, assuming you are looking forward to it at all.
Note: Windows 7 runs perfectly in a VMWare Fusion virtual machine. If you have legal access to the developer preview, give it a shot and try it for yourself.
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