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Top 10 features Microsoft stole from Mac OS X

In the battle between Windows and Mac OS X, here's a reminder of where Apple supplied the innovation first

By John Rizzo

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Where Apple deserves the innovation credit
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1. Taskbar makeover: Dock look and feel
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2. Jump lists: Dock menus
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3. Aero Peek: Exposé
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4. File previews
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5. Gadgets: Widgets
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6. Sticky Notes: Stickies
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7. Saved searches: Smart folders
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8. Network shares automatically appearing in left sidebar
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9. RSS feeds
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10. Windows Disc Image Burner: Disk Utility

8. Network shares automatically appearing in left sidebar

With Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Apple started placing autodiscovered network file shares in the sidebar at left. Microsoft must have liked the idea, because it added the feature in Windows Vista, dumping the Network Neighborhood of many previous versions.

See what Apple stole for Mac OS X from Windows in our companion slideshow.
Read InfoWorld's reviews of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7.
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October 12, 2009

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