It will launch for the Mac, iPhone, iPad and even Windows PCs with the forthcoming release of OS X Yosemite. Windows 8.1: In terms of cloud storage, Apple is playing catchup with Microsoft. How To Transform Windows 8.1, 8, 7 Into OS X Yosemite By Ben Reid June 8th, 2014 Apple finally unveiled OS X 10.10 Yosemite earlier on this week at its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote speech, and although we knew the UI would be overhauled in-keeping with the look of iOS 7, it was nice to check out the upcoming software in all of its. The computer can run either Windows or Mac OS X; both operating systems will work. A Hackintosh-compatible computer with an empty hard drive: This is the computer where you will install OS X Yosemite. It can be the same computer as the one mentioned in the previous point.
OS X Yosemite vs Windows 10: Internet and PIM tools The Safari browser gained much in Yosemite, including a whole new look providing more space for browser tabs and a significant speed boost. Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. VS Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Apps can load twice faster, while Internet connectivity speeds have also been increased greatly. Opening of PDF files and Word documents are also faster than ever.
The Mac Vs PC debate will never really end will it? Microsoft and Apple fans will always argue about which beloved platform they believe is superior. It’s become an argument of almost religious significance to some and it’s silly because what really matters is that these operating systems are functional and useful tools to get work done.
The Mac Vs PC Wars have evolved over the years, the question becomes, where are they headed to next? Both Microsoft and Apple are slowly but surely reinventing their desktop systems and bringing them into the post-PC era. Mobile products like smartphones and tablets have necessitated desktop operating systems becoming more influenced by touch-based UIs and evolving into more simplified systems.
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However Microsoft and Apple have decided to pursue very different interpretations of how to implement mobile influences within their OSes.
Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 merged the desktop and mobile environments into one system. The controversial Modern UI make look great and work awesome on tablets, but it doesn’t make much sense when using a mouse or keyboard. Windows 9 will see Microsoft build one operating system for all devices. It will run on your smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop machine. The smartphone edition will only feature the Modern UI mode however, as the desktop environment will be stripped away. All other editions will pretty much function in much the same way as Windows 8.1 does, with a Windows 7-style desktop mode beneath, however we can expect to see the return of the Star Menu and the ability to run Modern UI applications within the desktop setting.
This decision to have one OS working across all devices is certainly ambitious. But can it really work?
By contrast, Apple has kept Mac OS X and iOS entirely separate. iOS 8, like previous iOS editions only runs on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and OS X Yosemite will only run on the Mac. Apple’s strategy differs to Microsoft’s in that the UI of OS X remains a desktop one, with support only for mouse and keyboard input and no touch-based control allowed. However it is clear that mobile technologies are seriously influencing the direction of desktop systems. OS X Yosemite takes its design cues from iOS right across the board. It is now starting to feel as if the tail is wagging the dog. Smartphones and tablets that were once companion devices to desktop computers are now leading the direction of their mouse and keyboard-based predecessors and this will no doubt continue now that mobile devices are vastly outselling desktop machines.
While Microsoft want to create a one sized fits all solution for the future of the operating system, Apple, at least for now, recognise that this is too difficult an undertaking and wish to keep OS X and iOS separate, albeit with ever increasing integration between them. For example, OS X Yosemite can send an receive iPhone calls and even allow the user to begin a project on an iPad and continue it on a Mac. But my question to you today is, which direction for the future of mobile and desktop computing is better? Do you believe Microsoft’s one OS to rule all devices will ultimately prove most successful, or is Apple’s decision to separate the mobile and desktop world a more practical solution?
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So just how similar are Windows 10 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite?
My immediate takeaway from Tuesday's Windows 10 Preview event was 'Wow, this looks a lot like OS X.' I say that not with any judgment — just as an observation.
On Wednesday, the Windows 10 Preview became available to advanced users and developers and I rushed to install it on a spare machine. I also happen to have a test machine running the latest OS X Yosemite GM. You know what that means? Operating system with ten in the title face-off!
See also: With Windows 10, Microsoft Finally Gets It
Up until Windows 8, the OS X and Windows desktop worlds were running on similar — if still unique — paths. Sure, one had a dock and the other a Start menu, but the overall trajectory had similarly aligned goals.
All of that changed with Windows 8. Where Apple has long had the philosophy of keeping iOS and OS X separate — shared design language and some window dressing aside — Microsoft decided to go in a different, unified direction. It didn't really work out.
Now, with Windows 10, Microsoft is righting the Windows ship and going back to a desktop-first experience. Don't worry touch customers — Microsoft isn't abandoning you — but the focus, especially for the enterprise-targeted Windows 10 Preview, is clearly on winning over the hearts and minds of desktop consumers.
So what does Microsoft's new vision for the desktop look like? Well, it looks an awful like what Apple has envisioned for OS X.
Copying from each other is good for everyone
Now, to be clear, although there are some aspects in Windows 10 Preview that seem inspired by longtime OS X features, I'm not implying that Microsoft 'stole' anything from Apple. (And if it did steal, it's the type of stealing I fully endorse: Taking the idea and making it stand on its own as opposed to pure mimicry.)
Plus, it's important to note that the latest version of OS X — and indeed, OS X Mavericks — have taken a number of cues from the traditional Windows desktop too.
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Let's look at some of the visual and behavioral similarities between the two platforms.
Task View and Mission Control
One of my favorite features in OS X is Mission Control (known as Expose until OS X Lion). Mission Control allows users to see every running program window in an organized, heads-up fashion. It also allows the user to view multiple desktops and to add additional desktops with a quick click of a button.
In Windows 10 Preview, a virtually identical feature is coming called Task View.
Tapping on the Task View button on the Start menu brings up each app window in heads-up mode in a grid. You can also view other virtual desktops or create your own. Yes, Virginia, virtual desktops are back.
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Even better, for an OS X user like me, the gesture shortcut for bringing up Task View is identical to that on OS X. Swipe three fingers up on a trackpad and the mode is exposed. I would love to see a keyboard shortcut similar to F3 on Mac, but for a preview, I like the interface.
This is a very blatant OS X-ism for Windows 10, but it's also a very good decision.
Maximize works the same on both desktops
I remember when I switched to full-time Mac usage, one of the biggest adjustment problems I had was that clicking on the green button on a window didn't maximize the window to fill the whole screen, it simply expanded it to the size the application thought you might want it to be. That made it necessary to drag the window manually to fill the size of the screen.
This, of course, is the opposite of how it works in Windows, where clicking on the maximize button makes the window fill the entire screen.
For Mac users, this change could be infuriating, especially if trying to get more screen real estate for an application such as Safari. Back in the old days, I think I even had a special bookmarklet or hack to make the window size as large as I wanted it to be, just as a way to cope.
Well, finally, with OS X Yosemite, the green button is going to act the way it has always needed to act and will fill the entire screen (invoking full-screen mode if that's part of the app).
See, Mac can steal from Windows, too.
Flatness is in, Aero Glass is back
As we noted in our original OS X Yosemite preview, the added translucency to the operating system is similar to what we saw with Windows Vista and Aero Glass back in 2007.
Pair that with the flatter style that both Windows Modern and OS X Yosemite share, and the the UI 'look' for both systems is closer than ever.
It's true that Windows 10 Preview still has more shadowed candy-coated icons, but both Microsoft and Apple seem to be trying to streamline design trends to better match what we're seeing on the web and with design in general.
Widgets get sidelined
The Start menu is back on Windows 10 Preview, but that doesn't mean that Live Tiles are dead. Instead, they are now able to be attached to the Start menu and show updates in real-time. This is basically the modern version of Windows desktop widgets.
This is not dissimilar to what OS X Yosemite is doing with its Notification Center. Just like in iOS 8, OS X Yosemite offers customizable widgets on the Today screen.
The implementation is unique to both operating systems, but the idea is incredibly similar.
OneDrive and iCloud Drive
This is another area where Microsoft can take credit for leading the way. In both OS X Yosemite and Windows 10 Preview, user login accounts can be tied to a OneDrive or iCloud account. When this happens, iCloud and OneDrive integrate seamlessly with the desktop experience, making it easy to access files and folders from the cloud or to save files that are then synced with the cloud.
Apple users have been clamoring for a more Dropbox or OneDrive-like approach to cloud services so it's great to see Apple take a page from Microsoft's playbook.
More cohesive desktops are good for everyone
It's a GOOD thing that both Microsoft and Apple are taking cues from one another. The fact is, as someone who primarily uses a Mac but also checks in on Windows in a virtual machine or test machine, I'm more excited by Windows 10 Preview than I have been for any non-Mac desktop in years.
That's not just because I can use Microsoft's Yosemite Scenes wallpaper pack to look like Yosemite National Park either; it's because having desktops act similarly to one another is a good thing.
This isn't to say that being unique doesn't have its benefits, but in the real world, where more and more work takes place in a browser and becomes operating system agnostic, having systems feel similar to one another is a good thing. It lowers the learning curve and makes muscle-memory less of an issue.