PC Mag - Looking at the changes coming in OS X Mountain Lion and Windows 8, it's clear that both Apple and Microsoft are trying to bring their mobile and desktop platforms closer together. They both want to tie more things into cloud services and social networks, and generally work toward more consistency and security.
The cloud storage platform will drop support for older versions of Windows in early 2022.
Microsoft responded with Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablet.
In the earliest days of the Surface, it was hard to shake the notion that the line was something of a reference design for Windows 8.
Mac can never match Windows I'm an IT Professional and have used Windows (serer and client OS), several Linux operating systems and Mac. Mac needs to lift its unwanted restrictions to be more appealing. You even need a credit card to use Apps from the mac store or have to use workarounds.