Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Apr 2008 13:16 UTC
Despite the fact that Windows is the world's most-used desktop operating system, it lacks certain features and gimmicks that other operating systems do have (no, really?). PCWorld made a list of 18 features Windows should have, but in fact doesn't. While some are spot on, others are a bit of a stretch.
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The author I'm sure found this all very entertaining. Much of what he listed I really don't want on my Windows boxes. My two cents.
The dock and the start menu essentially serve the same purpose. The start menu is not like the unified menu. The unified menu is actually something I dislike about Mac OS but Expose really helps it work well. As Windows does not have a unified menu, Expose would just get in my way.
All in all, I'd have to say I like the way the Applications works on the Dock on my Mac over running through the start menu on my Windows machines. However, for applications I have in the quick launch versus apps directly on the dock, it's all the same.
The whole web server thing. I like having this built into the mac. I also install Apache on most of my Windows boxes. It's great for doing stuff locally or across the network.
I'd be be quite concerned about serving either to the Internet without going through the config files and make sure things are suitable for web consumption. If I recall correctly, the default Apache install in Windows clearly states that it is not suitable to be put on the web. If you wish to do so, you need to change some things.
I'm sure there was more but I forgot what else the article talked about already.