Windows 7 can learn from OS X
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 28.11.2008
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversAn Apple user's take on what Windows 7 needs to succeed. Our hands-on Windows 7 pre-beta review shows that things are looking promising for Windows 7.
Windows 7 will run faster than Vista, and it's breaking new ground with support for multi-touch displays, but we can think of seven more simple things that Windows 7 needs to address.
One way to make Windows 7 a hit is to take a look at what Apple has got right (and wrong) with OS X, to see what Microsoft can learn from its experience.
So, here are seven things we'd like to see in Windows 7.
1. Easier product versions
Keep it simple, please Microsoft. Having too many different versions of your product is too confusing for the buying public to understand. Should they go for the Home, the Professional or the Ultimate version?
2. New visual hooks
So far Windows 7 looks pretty much like another version of Windows Vista. That's not such a bad thing: each successive version of OS X had a similar look, but subtle things were changed in each version to give it its own unique visual identity. Apple knows the value of a nifty graphic effect. For example, OS X's widgets drop onto Dashboard with a fantastic ripple effect and Time Machine sends you down a 3D time tunnel.
3. Less alerts
Probably the best feature of OS X is that half the time you don't even know its there. OS X has a minimal (if slightly tired looking) interface - there's no imposing Start menu button or task bar, for instance. Instead, there's a simple Dock that's totally customisable and can be hidden if you find it distracting.
4. Invisible security and backup
The key with security in an OS is to make sure it doesn't get in the way of using your computer. Admittedly, this is a harder challenge for Microsoft than for Apple, but there are still some good lessons to learn from Apple's approach to security.
5. Clear naming
Microsoft needs to stop coming up with dreadful marketing-speak for different parts of its operating system. A good example is "Windows Genuine Advantage" - what on earth is that?source:
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Comments(6)
would have or care about these problems.
less alerts? turn off uac.
easier
product / feature naming? how hard is it to read a bit before you go spending hundreds on
an os?
as for security and graphics, the good thing about windows is we
actually have people that program for it.
so we don't need that stuff built in.
if we want different graphics interfaces or virus scanners etc.. (only a mac user needs
these), we just download one.
the windows taskbar can also be hidden so as not to distract the computer illiterate
user.
there is no reason to hate microsoft for incorporating some eye candy
into windows since osx has had a flashy interface from the beginning.
like toph
said, how stupid do you have to be not to take the time to figure out which edition is
right for you? even if you know nothing about windows, which sounds better, home or
ultimate?
that's just personal preference here..not useful
os x can learn from ms and not reversed.
hoped for a good read but what i've got
with this article was some pure fanboyish bs. not even one of the 'reasons' was useful
and had some good arguments.
what is up with all the mac fanboy s h i t lately?? i thought this was a windows site!
the past few weeks i've seen too much mac fanboy s h i t.
say what you want
about microsoft but they own the computer market and are a multi-billion dollar company.
i don't think they need to learn from anyone on what to do. yes, vista was handled
poorly and they made mistakes with the os and how it was marketed. i'm willing to bet
that doesn't happen with windows 7.
microsoft and windows will be fine as
usual. apple is the one that needs to learn from microsoft on how to dominate a market.
seriously, ive used a mac and found the crap dock annoyingly useless. i was using css and
word and i absoulutely hated the blank space down at the bottom (anyone know how to get a
full screen?) also i found the menus really confusing like safari at the top and took me
like half a day to figure how to properly close a program rather than minimising and
closing from the dock. lol, i just find osx really confussing but i like how it looks,
sortof.
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By Toph on 29.11.2008 - 00:11