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Re: iCloud, Messages, Notes, Reminders: Apple has technically had all that for years too, these are all renamed apps. The thing is, now they have a massive mobile presence and they are working on integrating that with the desktop. That is the news. Feel free to compare when Windows grows a comparable mobile presence again, if ever. (Sadly, imho)

> 10. Gatekeeper. Windows firewall is actually on par with this and is an application AND/OR system level firewall. Microsoft security essentials is the rest.

Gatekeeper and the App Store is not about firewalling, but sandboxing.

> 11. Chinese features. Windows is the mainstream OS in china for a reason (i.e. excellent language support).

Maybe, in any case, that doesn't make catching up less interesting. I would also wager that most people in China use Windows for the same reasons for which they use IE6. I only know about Taiwan, but when your bank's customer support site only offers an ActiveX-powered video chat, then you have little choice.

> Oh and I don't have to pay 99GBP to write software that works on it. Visual Studio is free.

No, you can download Xcode for free, write unsigned apps and other people can choose to run unsigned apps.




According to Gruber, signing apps will be free.

http://daringfireball.net/2012/02/mountain_lion

"It’s a system whereby developers can sign up for free-of-charge Apple developer IDs which they can then use to cryptographically sign their applications."




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