Windows 7 borrowed 'look' of Mac

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Windows 7 borrowed 'look' of Mac
11:43 GMT, Friday, 13 November 2009

" A Microsoft executive was quoted in an interview as saying "what we've tried to do with Windows 7...is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics".

The comments, by partner group manager Simon Aldous, appeared in UK computing trade magazine PCR.

Microsoft countered that Mr Aldous was not involved with the development of Windows 7.

Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc said in a blog that Mr Aldous's comments were "inaccurate and uninformed".

Suggestions that Microsoft has borrowed technology ideas has been rife for as long as the Windows and Mac operating systems have been around.

The very idea of who invented the "windows" on a "desktop" in Windows 1.0 was the basis of a 1988 lawsuit and remains a point of contention.

'One of our own'

However, many of the significant graphical changes present in Windows 7 have analogues in Mac's OS X - although neither firm has made an official statement about the apparent similarities.

"One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it's very graphical and easy to use," Mr Aldous told PCR.

"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."

Mr LeBlanc countered the claims in a post on the official Windows blog.
"Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7," he wrote.

"I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed." "

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That's nothing new Microsoft have been stealing from apple from day 1 uhmm uhmm

"inaccurate and uninformed." like Vista?

Glad we have Win7 now. :happy:

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and vice versa

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and vice versa

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Damn straight, they steal off *BSD and then sell it at ridiculous price, giving nothing back to the community.

good;) but the price...

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good;) but the price...

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yes price hehe:D
pirate bay:D:D

i can't see the similarities. osx is clean, smart and "comfy" while xp/vista/7 looks just like my nephews room after he got to decide how he wanted it. whats up with the saturated colors ... it makes my eyes sore.

it is a little funny. in my opinion, no matter how hard ms tries to make their os's look good they always fail. they should fire their whole gui design department and start from scratch imho (maybe a little harsh but still true).

Win 7 is pretty solid :)

MAC?
I thought it looks more like kubuntu, oh we...

they are just following some market rules =P
and they're all the same if you ask me =/

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Please don't start the KDE v Gnome debate :lol:

win 7 is great!!!

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I saw the new 7 and it looks great one of my friends just got it and he really enjoy's it i'm thinking about getting a copy for myself.

Win7 rocks... I used to have Mac but switched to Ubunu for speed and now win7.... I think I am the only one in the world to go from MAc to Win...

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yup WIndows7 diff in its own way.

well that's been the talk since day 1.. i find it ridiculous to hear these companies fighting all the time, rather than focusing on the product, but i guess that's what sells.