Comment by thewebguyd

It's the same now. Turn on hotspot->Connect to it on the PC. After that one step it's in your saved networks and you're good to go.

The only difference is Apple will do this automatically for you. If you open up your mac, and don't have network, you get a little pop up that says "use iPHone's connection?" and will turn on hotspot and connect automatically. Nice, but hardly any different or time saving really.