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Eh, they're fine to me.

jji7skyline wrote:

I hate the right click context menus on the win7 task bar.

jji7skyline wrote:

I also don't like the pin to taskbar function.

What's so wrong with them? And if you hate them, don't use them. 

Something doesn't really need to be original to be good. XP's and 7's taskbars are different. Also, the pin to taskbar reminds me more of Quick Launch than the dock.

I think there's a difference. Apple uses great ideas with potential that have not been properly commercialised yet, (mice and tablets are a good example), however Microsoft copies off other popular OSs (Ubuntu, OSX).

jji7skyline wrote:

I think there's a difference. Apple uses great ideas with potential that have not been properly commercialised yet, (mice and tablets are a good example), however Microsoft copies off other popular OSs (Ubuntu, OSX).

Let's see...

Apple's "Notification Center" outlined by the nice folks at Android. Patent application by Google: 2009. Implementation by Apple: 2011. Note that Google has not sued Apple over this because even after over three years, they have not been awarded this patent. Apple's Wedge shaped laptop patent was awarded about a year later. Somehow Apple can push their patents through at 3x the speed of another megacompany?

How about Android 4.0's unlock to camera feature? It was implemented in iOS as well- 6 months after it did in Android. I'll be back to add to this list.
The point is not that it isn't okay to borrow ideas - just don't criticize others for "stealing" your "original" slide to unlock patent.

jji7skyline wrote:

All good examples, but what about the instances where Android has copied iOS? The app screen for instance? What about the home button, whether soft or hard? Slide to unlock? Orientation sensing? 1 finger swipe between images in gallery?

But this is a Mac vs PC topic 

As I said at the end. The point is NOT to criticize Apple for borrowing these things from other sources. The point is that while other people have copied off of Apple, Apple has copied as well. It is fundamental that the good ideas can be shared. The idea that once one company makes a cup with a handle so you don't burn yourself if the liquid is hot (mugs, measuring cups, etc.) does not mean that they are the only people who can make those. The patent system favors big corporations who can pay to invest in their research over small companies that can have just as good ideas. (note: Google and Apple both have the resources to patent whatever they want. That last sentence was more of an anti-patent/patent reform rant.)

jji7skyline wrote:

Patents protect good ideas. Imagine if you had a great idea that became slightly popular, but then a big company stole it and they made millions?

I wonder . . .

I guess every system has it's faults, but patents to more good than harm IMO.

I would say Mac or XP. 
I'm using Windows currently, though.

PC are the best! a PC is easier to use. macs are better for things like the computers they have behind counters in some shops like holland and barret.

jji7skyline wrote:

Patents protect good ideas. Imagine if you had a great idea that became slightly popular, but then a big company stole it and they made millions?

kind of like how Apple is only slightly popular and not making millions, unlike Android which owes everything it has to such truly innovative ideas like using one finger to swipe between images in a gallery

16Skittles wrote:

I'll say something that I probably have said before, but whatever. Apple products do just feel better. The design team at apple is amazing, and they've hit the jackpot with the all-aluminum unibody design with the black bezel (one of the things I hate about the Air and Anti-Glare Pros is their silver bezel, and the white iPhone/iPads are just ugly IMO), making some of the most iconic computers today. I would say that a dream computer would be a MBP Retina running Windows and a custom interface using Rainmeter. That would just be amazing.

On another random note, is there a way to hack the 15 inch MBP BIOS so that you can use the Intel GPU in Windows? Apple currently has it set up so that other OSes in BootCamp are forced to use the dedicated graphics, using up battery.

Considering that Macs don't actually have a BIOS (they use EFI), I don't think it would be possible using BIOS, although since Bootcamp would have to emulate a BIOS, you could try hacking the emulated BIOS or something 

Seems OSX wins everything except browser dependant tests.