Windows copies more from Mac OS X!

So I downloaded and installed Windows 7 and I was just letting it sit there and then all of a sudden the screen dimmed. I tried bumping up the brightness, but nothing worked. Then, I moved the mouse and then it was bright again! Mac OS X has had this feature for so long and now Windows has it too! Ahhh!

Tags: 7, dimming, mac, os, screen, windows, x

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Permalink Reply by Zune80 on January 16, 2009 at 11:01pm: Will you stop this nonsense. It's a hardware and power save implementation. Nothing to do with OS X or Windows anything.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by jamesjimmy23 on January 16, 2009 at 11:03pm: Well, I'm just saying it's something that Mac OS X has had for years, and Windows just introduced. I do agree that it's a great way to save power and I wished that Windows had this before, but I just noticed it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Wes on January 17, 2009 at 12:11am: Umm... a little thing called "Power Options" ? It has always been around.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by rea S⃣ n555 on January 17, 2009 at 12:16am: Apple did come out with a computer and os before ms,but lets not say ms took ALL if apple's ideas.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Landie on January 17, 2009 at 12:53am: Windows copy's off Mac and Mac copy's off Windows....... That's just the way life is....

Forgot to say who first started out with right mouse click?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phill on January 17, 2009 at 2:37am: According to the above, it doesn't seem true. But, so? I still see myself getting Windows 7 :|; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tyler Brown on January 17, 2009 at 6:20am: Wow, that just seems like complete nonsense.
Plus, OS X gets a lot of its general ideas from this little OS I love to call, Linux. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Geek_Prime on January 17, 2009 at 7:43am: Operating systems aren't designed in a vacuum. (Ok, some of them are, for legal purposes, but still.) OSs borrow from each other all the time, the same as any product borrows from those that came before it. There is very little true innovation, and of what remains, much of it is finding new and novel ways to combine things that have already been discovered or designed. It doesn't necessarily constitute theft, outside of some pretty specific circumstances, so it's usually not that big a deal.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt DeFazio on January 17, 2009 at 7:53am: Microsoft always had a similar power saving feature - The screen would shut off!

And MS always had a screen dimming feature on the Xbox...; ▶ Reply to This