> The Windows 8 start menu is no different from Launchpad on macOS Launchpad appeared for the first time in Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" in July 2011. Windows 8.0 lau

> The Windows 8 start menu is no different from Launchpad on macOS Launchpad appeared for the first time in Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" in July 2011. Windows 8.0 launched August 2012. Personally I think both are inspired by the full-screen launchers of iOS and Android, and not by one another.