1. Not all mac apps can be copied by dragging folders out of the applications folder. 2. There are many many different backup solutions for windows -- many of

1. Not all mac apps can be copied by dragging folders out of the applications folder. 2. There are many many different backup solutions for windows -- many of which are far better than Time Machine for certain use cases (say, managing backups for several thousand machines). You probably want to look at http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/01/whats-your-backup-strategy.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/01/whats-your-backup-s... for a simple solution.