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Xeniczone:

First, Look at the start menu. Note they got rid of start and put in the windows logo. Seems just like mac. They have the apple logo in there menu.
 
Second, the search box in the top right hand cornor of the windows that is open this is the only version of windows that has this and is also in mac os x way before windows vista.
 
I have also seens a dashboard like think as you see at the bottom of the screen below I couldn't find a screen but it is just like it except it will be at the top not the bottom so it will be oposite from mac. Menu bottom and dashboard top.
 

 
These are really bad screens because they were taken from a video. here is the link to the video
 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uKIpoG_VSOU&search=windows%20vista
 
and here are the pics I found.
 

hm_murdock:
A pixel by pixel analysis I think will find that the shading that MS uses for Vista windows is identical to the shading that Apple uses for metal apps.

anphanax:
If you ask me, it's not a huge rip-off of Mac OS X.


--- Quote ---First, Look at the start menu. Note they got rid of start and put in the windows logo. Seems just like mac.
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It also reminds me of KDE and Gnome, although the approach they took is some-what unique, as the button extends larger than everything else on the bar.

Also, those screenshots from the video seem to be from a fake video of Vista using something like WindowBlinds. I'm thinking this as the search bar is absent from the start menu, explorer looks different, and i've never seen that trayish thing on any screenshots of Vista i've seen. The start menu button looks different than it should too, even with Aero disabled.

If they want to prove it's Vista, perhaps they should show the fancy new   Task Scheduler in another video.

I would just like to remind people here as well that Microsoft Windows had built-in ZIP compression (ME/XP) before it made it into Mac OS X, and supported built-in file encryption via XP (Pro Ed.) before it as well. I know I might be making some fanboys angry mentioning this sort of thing, but I don't care. I've had nasty experiences with Apple trolls (I didn't say every Apple user is a troll, to any trolls that may be reading this). Someone makes a claim that Apple brought widgets to the desktop, and I bother to mention they were on Windows already via third-party software (e.g. StarDock), and it's like i've started some sort of holy war with them. Just tired of the "Apple innovates before everyone else" attitude of certian individuals. Apologies for the semi off-topic rant.

I will admit i've noticed that Windows has some features Mac OS X had before it, but would also like to mention Linux has beat Windows to implementing features as well. Yes, that's obvious, I know. I bring it up though, because it supports my original comment, that Vista isn't just a big rip-off of Mac OS X. Microsoft doesn't get their ideas from a single source.

inane:
Yeah it's obvious that the last two screen shots are XP.

What's new though? Microsoft have been ripping off other companies for YEARS. They aren't innovators. The last innovation, TRUE innovation, in all honesty was the BASIC programming language. Look at it closely, hell even 95 was a rip off of OS/2. They sit around in their 900 pound gorrilla suit all the time not giving a shit. MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO!!! Hell if they gave a shit they would've offered better backwards compatibility for DOS programs in NT, putting atleast the slightest bit of effort into it during the 15 years of NT development. So it's no surprise that DirectX10 will not offer backwards compatibility for DX9 or lower instead Microsoft will enable support for DX 9 or lower games through a software layer and all they have to say is that it might run a little bit slower. They said "Most (DOS) games run well on Windows XP, but some games that were created specifically for a 16-bit operating system may not run well or at all on Windows XP" wait wait wait... THEY'RE ALL 16 BIT OR LOWER YOU TWATS. Ever try to run a DOS game on XP? Yeah. Anyone interested in CIV4 with no sound or a game of FEAR where you can't see any of your enemies?! YAY!

They drop you and drop compatibility just so they might implement things other OSs seem to be able to implement without losing barely any compatibility. HURRAH :macos::tux::bsd:POSIX and FUCK:fu: MICROSOFT!

Pathos:
I still don't understand all this 'vista copied off mac' stuff.

The only thing I've seen is the lighting/highlighting.

OMG They copied how lighting looks in the real world off really shiny surfaces shock horror.

MS have to make Vista look more advanced so they have to add more curves and shiny stuff. I wouldn't think there are many ways you can do that and look nice/clean.

In this day and age there are so many ideas coming out all the time that the ideas come out before the technology is available. So everything is a copy. No matter what MS did there would be a windowsblinds theme that had similarities with the vista theme.

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