Vista doesn’t need to include (copy) any features
of Mac OS X Leopard. What Vista needs to do is match or exceed the way
Mac OS X implements its features.

From a technical point of view, Window’s System Restore feature is
actually superior to Mac OS X’s Time Machine, since System Restore can
work on a single hard disk, while Time Machine requires a second hard
disk. The big difference is the way Microsoft and Apple implemented
this same feature.

Under Windows, you click through a series of dialog boxes,
radio
buttons and calendars to find a restore point to return to. Not
visually exciting or intuitive, but practical and efficient. Under Time
Machine, you can see a series of your previous window contents
extending off into the distance, and click or search for the window you
want to restore from the past.

From a technical point of view, Window’s System Restore is
superior but from a user’s point of view, Mac OS X’s Time Machine is
far superior. Given the choice between using a great program with a
mediocre interface (Windows System Restore) or a mediocre program with
a dazzling interface (Time Machine), guess which one is going to
generate the most excitement?

Apple isn’t necessarily great at innovating, but they are far
superior when it comes to implementing their ideas in ways that the
average user can understand immediately, and that’s where the Mac OS X
shines over anything Microsoft Windows could ever offer.

The best way for Vista to compete with Mac OS X? Have
Microsoft dump Vista, and license Mac OS X to run on ordinary PCs.
Otherwise, given Mac OS X and a copy of Parallels with Windows running
in a virtual machine, Vista has no chance to compete, no matter what
features it might add.

Wallace Wang is a freelance computer journalist and author whose
books include “Microsoft Office for Dummies” and “Steal This Computer
Book.”

Vista Views: What Vista can learn from Leopard | CNET News.com

very very well written snippet, i just *had* to share

~KM