So here's the story:
I am an Apple-lover (sorry windows-users) and bought recently a Mac. But I've used PCs for a long, long time; and this was a huge obstacle for my jobs ( I mean, in the school or even working with photos and pictures).Bugs, system errors, fatal errors and the message ''you have executed an illegal operation''.
Something I always noticed was the great number of Apple-based skins for all the skinned applications.So me and my friend had the idea of making this search:
OS-based skins, themes , suites and desktop replacements. How many had a Macintosh theme or Mac elements and how many had a windows theme or windows elements.
Because we have not any metodology we can not give any percentage of the results, like 50% apple 30% windows and 20% original, but we can say something like this:
Of ten OS-based works(skins, suites, etc) five were Mac-like, two had a windows inspiration and three were original.Even KDE has some Mac elements, like the icons and the toolbar wich is very similar to the OS X ''dock''.
In the internet browsers ''category'', Opera is the browser wich has more Apple-themed skins.And the less ''Appled'' browser is the NeoPlanet(I found only one Mac skin in almost 900 skins).
But what all this means?
Mean that Apple is still a reference in everything wich is related to design and easiness of use.The Microsoft Windows has a too much polluted visual and you need some pratice if you're not experienced with computers; unlike OS X, I plugged and started to use it immediatly, and the visual is perfect, very intuitive graphics with the simplicity of its design.That's why the Mac theme is one of the most used.
I am not an enemy of Microsoft and/or Bill Gates, the idea of a low cost computer and OS is very good, but I think(different, hoho) he can do a better job. The iMac is the most popular Macintosh, and what will happen to the Windows empire if Apple release a ''PC OS X''?