That list is rubbish.
What Windows users need is:
1. seamless backwards compatibility (especially corporate users who run software written inside their own company specifically for their jobs)
2. no Registry. The Windows Registry paradigm can only *stop* a program from running...a very bad way to do business (OK, the registry file should exist to maintain backwards compatibility, but that’s it).
3. the OS *is* a firewall. Probes of ports and external signals should be logged, but only allowed when a user tells the OS via a dedicated background screen (pop-up message box “OK” clicking should banned)
4. You don’t click “Start” to shut down your OS. That’s just stupid; it makes Redmond look like a bunch of stoned college kids
5. Right clicks on *anything* should allow you to see and **change** all properties (not just listed properties...all properties down to the deepest code level) and those changes should be persistent even through reboots
6. the task bar should have a Google search window (hey, Microsoft didn’t want you to have a Microsoft search window, so Google must be a better suggestion to them)
7. Pop-Ups and message boxes (e.g. click “OK” to continue) should be banned or at least changed to have a timer that self-clicks “OK” after a pre-set amount of time so that no user is compelled to baby-sit a PC during a reboot or installation
8. the user should be able to kill every process and service, even if doing so corrupts the hard drive and turns off the power to widows and orphans
9. software installations and upgrades should be banned from forcing the user to reboot in order to use the new service
10. the user should have the option to request a “max performance” review in which the OS shows how much performance can be gained, and how many “unused/non-mandatory” services/dlls can/must be turned off (or set to a priority so low that they consume less than 1/1000th of CPU time), such that a single program is given full PC power with as little OS overhead as possible...via 1-click
Actually I saw some great utilities on there, especially the "Time Machine" feature from Apple. Windows users have to use 3rd party tools like Symantec Ghost/LSR or Acronis True Image to get good snapshots like that. Apple is beating Microsoft at it's own game - intergrating as many features as possible into the core O/S package, which is what most users want. This also helps overcome Apple's lesser compatibility with commercial off the shelf software, they just build it all and package it with their systems.