Vista versus Mac OS X

Vista versus Mac OS X as told by David Pogue

On transparent window edges:

They're cool, sure; but exactly how many times, in your work life, have you muttered, "Darn! If only I could see just the part of the background window that's currently obscured by the 1/3-inch margin of the foreground window"?

On widgets:

It's a lot like the Dashboard in Mac OS X (or the shareware Konfabulator that came before it), except that apparently, you can't put the widgets anywhere on the screen you like.

On the 3-D application switcher:

It's a lot like the Exposé feature in Mac OS X, except that you don't get to see all of the windows simultaneously; you have to walk through them one at a time with the mouse or keyboard.

On Vista's speedy file system searching capabilities:

Vista can now find words in any of your files, quickly and easily, just like the Spotlight feature of Mac OS X.

On Vista's photo editing:

Some limited photo editing is now built into Vista's photo browser, which couldn't look more like Apple's iPhoto program if you ran it through a copying machine.