Windows 7 Was Inspired By Mac OS-X. Microsoft Employee Reveals In An Interview
Windows 7 Vs Mac OS X
Apple Fan boys- you can’t get bigger than this. Microsoft’s Partner Group Manager Simon Aldous has said on record in an interview with PCR that Windows 7 is inspired by its arch-rival Apple’s Mac. It was not new to us as Microsoft always tries to follow the footsteps of Apple but saying it openly is suicidal. I want to produce a snippet of what he really said
What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.
Was it a slip of tongue from Simon or is he planning to move into Apple? We all know that some of the features of Mac OS X have been taken by Windows 7 for instance Windows 7 taskbar and Mac OS Dock are alike (this is just one of them).
Microsoft has taken almost no time in disowning Simon and clearing the air. In the blog post titled how we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7 Microsoft says
An inaccurate quote has been floating internet the Internet today about the design origins of Windows 7 and whether its look and feel was “borrowed” from Mac OS X. Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7.
Simon, get ready to face Ballmer. We know how Ballmer had insulted and slammed Microsoft employee for just carrying an iPhone. I can’t imagine what kind of treatment Simon will get now?
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Follow-Up
Official Interview of Simon Aldous
PCR: Microsoft’s new vision by Andrew Wooden
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Edible Apple: Windows 7? Yeah, that was Apple’s idea
Between the Lines: Is Windows 7 a MAC OS X wannabe? That explains why I like it by Sam Diaz
Maximum PC: Microsoft Manager: We Copied MAC OS X by Paul Lilly
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PC World: Microsoft stole MAC OS Aesthetics? So What! by Brennon Slattery
Microsoft’s Official Blog
The Windows Blog: How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7 by Brandon LeBlanc
Image Credits: techmagus
That guy in the interview knows nothing about the design of Windows 7. It is as untrue as it can be… Windows 7 is by far the most superior OS ever build and is in no way comparable to OS X. Windows 7 is way ahead of any version of OS-X ever shipped. If a product is good then its sales are generally higher than the not so good product. I want to ask why does Apple (MAC/OS-X) has such a low share in the OS market?
Thanks,
-Rajesh Pillai
Ohh K. So lets face it
“WINDOWS 7 is inspired from MAC”
but where? Vista was more mac like. Simply having a nice search facility and good looking icons(yeah docs in mac are different and less useful from window bar due to jumplists and pinning features) don’t mean that they are similar. Mind you all they are both drastically dissimilar.
Mac is art but Windows7 is Design. Art will remain more original and desirable but it is windows which makes our lives easier and does our jobs.
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