Originally Posted By: Dignan
I'll agree with that. One of the very first things I find myself doing when setting up a new PC for myself or family is switching the control panel to classic view, so I can get to the places I need faster. Sadly, when you make a similar switch in 7, you end up with about three times as many icons. But it's not too difficult to find my way around it, frankly.

I actually like the Vista/7 default control panel, at least from the rare experiences I've had with it. I tend to go to it and immediately type what I want, with "UAC" being the first search. I honestly have no idea what icon has UAC controls in it, nor do I care. Much like how I've been used to using my Mac for a few years with spotlight/quicksilver. I don't care where the files/icons are, I just want to find what I need and run/open it.

OS X system preferences index is even filled with a bunch of windows and generic terms to help switchers. "Wallpaper" for example returns "Change desktop background" as the first hit.