Attention to detail

Apple is known for its attention to detail (at least in their key applications, the ones that are the focus of the PR machine), for eg: in the timer on an iPod or iPhone try setting the time to 00:00 it silently moves to 00:01. There are numerous other little things you spot here and there when using Apple products and software. I have been using Windows 7 for a while now (as a VM), and I quite like it. I spotted one such thing in Windows 7 today and it really made me smile. Its nice when these little hidden additions make your work a little easier. I was copying a backup dump to my installation when one of my cats managed to dis-lodge the usb cable. Rather than spit out an error of doom, Windows 7 spit out an error with a little button at the bottom which said "Try again". Sure enough I re-connected the disk and the file copy resumed. Awesome.