Boards of Canada said:
I've only used a few backup apps in my lifetime, but the ones that I used were cumbersome compared to this. Is there a backup program where you can go back in a timeline and see multiple revisions to a folder on Windows?
That's UI stuff. Yes, the Apple UI is awesome.
Vista has both "Previous Versions" and a backup app that lets you go back and look at different versions of a folder. It's just not as pretty. Just pick any folder, right click, go to Properties, and pick "Previous Versions". A list of dates will pop-up, pick one, and click Open. An explorer Windows with that version of the folder should open.
A backup app for Outlook contacts that lets you restore one contact from 3 weeks ago?
That's not possible for the backup app to do alone without cooperation from Outlook, since the backup app has no idea what the internal format of Outlook contacts are. And for that matter, it doesn't know what the internal format of the contacts are for Thunderbird, Eudora, or whatever random email app you might be using.
You can however browse back through time with the built-in Windows Contacts manager through both Previous Versions and the backup app. Just right click the Contacts Folder and pick "Previous Versions".
If there isn't, why not "start the photocopiers" and create a Time Machine clone. While the technology is relatively the same (Shadow Copy), the implementation on Apple's side just makes more sense.
You mean the UI? Yes the Apple UI is really nice (Apple is generally really good at that kind of thing), but the fundemental underlying features are there on Vista.