Top 10 features that Apple stole from Windows

In the battle between Mac OS X and Windows, here's a reminder of where Microsoft supplied the innovation first

6. Time Machine: Backup and Restore



Apple didn't steal Time Machine from Windows, just the concept of including backup capability with the operating system. Time Machine is far easier to use and than the Backup and Restore utility in Windows 7, and some would say, more flexible. But Windows had backup first.

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