{"id":2140,"date":"2008-11-16T18:10:12","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T01:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2008-11-16T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T01:03:10","slug":"newsletter-468-preview-a-casual-look-at-snow-leopard-versus-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2008\/11\/newsletter-468-preview-a-casual-look-at-snow-leopard-versus-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #468 Preview: A Casual Look at Snow Leopard Versus Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not unusual to think that there\u2019s never been a Mac OS feature that Microsoft didn\u2019t try to imitate. Of course, this is not to say that Apple is above cribbing a few features from others when it\u2019s appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Take the the Mac\u2019s Help menu or, for that matter, the application switching technique, both of which didn\u2019t originate with Apple. But that\u2019s beside the point. 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