If that's the case then it's just a question of implementation. Why does the "copying"/"stealing" meme even introduce itself? It confuses your point IMO. Howev

If that's the case then it's just a question of implementation. Why does the "copying"/"stealing" meme even introduce itself? It confuses your point IMO. However, your "doing it badly" is a matter of opinion, no? I use a mac at work as I mentioned elsewhere. I enjoy it a great deal. It's hard to go back and forth between the Mac there and Windows at home because the way the mouse moves is just... different. But I do it... I was planning on dumping my Vista laptop at home for a macbook but then I gave Win7 a try. You can scoff at my experiences if you'd like, but Win7 is the only OS i've ever purchased. I think Vista is one of the worst OS experiences I've ever had (2nd to ME) and hands-down I think Win7 is the best. It's built-in keyboard shortcuts for moving and docking windows across multiple monitors are invaluable to me. I installed the 3rd party app to give me similar function on my mac and it was... dismal. My Win box is as reliable as my Mac. I restart them both on average once a month or so. There are several places Mac kills Win7. Tasks like adding a network printer, for example. But those are rare, relatively speaking. The Win7 taskbar is no doubt inspired by the Dock but it's far more useful IMO. The context menu per taskbar item is brilliant. And once my cache is warmed (a day after restarts maybe) it's faster to/from Hibernate/Sleep than is the Mac. If you've not used Win7 and you're criticizing, eh, you're entitled. But as an analytical guy, as a software developer, it seems odd to me.