After playing around with my newly-installed copy of Windows Vista Beta 2 for a couple of hours, the thought that kept popping up in my head over and over again like a persistent mole was: "Wow, that's a lot like the Mac."
From the emphasis on searching and not browsing (Spotlight) to the Windows Sidebar (Dashboard) which runs Gadgets (Widgets), to the built-in Windows Calendar (iCal), the similarities are striking. Come look with me, after the jump.
Widgets and Gadgets
Mac OS X Dashboard widgets:
Windows Vista Sidebar with Gadgets (just two letters off!):
Home directory view
Mac OS X Finder:
Windows Vista Explorer:
Built-in calendar
Mac OS X iCal:
Windows Calendar:
Search don't browse
Mac OS X Spotlight:
Windows Vista (no longer) Start menu search:
Now, don't get me wrong: tech products have been stealing adapting one another's ideas since the dawn of computing. Hell, Lifehacker didn't invent the weblog, or even the term "life hack"! So our glass house couldn't survive any thrown stones. We're just saying.
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