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December 15, 2006

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Pogue proves it: Microsoft did not rip off Apple

Posted Dec. 15, ’06, 5:31 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Apple » Humor

Pogue I really wish I could embed New York Times videos in posts here at MacUser. If I could, David Pogue’s proof of how Vista is not a copy of Mac OS X would be sitting prominently on your screen. Alas, I can not and you’ll have to visit the site yourself. Apologies if the link ends up incorrect, the Times doesn’t make their URLs particularly intuitive.

I will admit that many of the features I heard about made me scratch my head a bit. For example, Paul Thurrott, Windows fan #1 (he has the card to prove it), regularly touts Vista’s instant live searching as a great new feature. It may be new to the core, but Mac OS X has Spotlight and many companies have made third-party solutions to do the same thing for Windows for quite some time now. Anyway, watch the video. It made me chuckle.


10 Comments

Chris said:

Erm.. ok my brain my explode now... It's in the humour section here, cool, but please I'm right in thinking this guy isn't serious right!!?

December 15, 2006 7:51 AM
Wes Good Author Profile Page said:

Funny video, Pogue. I wonder which system he uses?

December 15, 2006 8:38 AM
Charlie Askew said:

Wow. Pogues piece was either brilliantly ironic or completely mental... I'm confused.

December 15, 2006 9:22 AM
David said:

Very Daily Show

December 15, 2006 9:24 AM
Dan Moren Author Profile Page said:

C'mon, Pogue regularly hosts a panel at Macworld Expo and used to write for Macworld magazine. He's totally biased! :)

December 15, 2006 9:40 AM
Matthew said:

Good on Pogue for puttingthe truth behind Microsoft's "innovations" on a national scale, but Pogue didn't mention where OS X's Widgets came from to begin with, nor Spotlight, or older stuff like Sherlock.

December 15, 2006 9:42 AM
Andrew said:

I learned this all from one of Steve Jobs' keynote presentations this past summer, but it's still true. I have to dissent, though. Pogue's article was more Colbert Report, than Daily Show.

December 15, 2006 10:53 AM
Dave said:

Hah! That "V for Vista" at the end cracked me up.

Regarding top-right vs bottom-left: he forgot to mention that you can move the task bar to the right side of the screen, putting the start menu in the top-right corner.

December 15, 2006 11:41 AM
Larry V Author Profile Page said:

lmao when I read this post, I thought for a second that it was really about how Vista didn't copy Mac OS X! Hilarious video!

December 15, 2006 2:21 PM
Greg said:

"Pogue didn't mention where OS X's Widgets came from to begin with"

They came originally from Apple. Then Konfab stole them after Apple d/c'd them. Then Apple stole them from Konfab. So the original widget idea is an Apple idea. STOP SPREADING FUD

December 16, 2006 9:53 PM

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