Windows
No I'm not going to talk about those glass objects you look out of, rather the operating system created by Microsoft. If you haven't heard, Microsoft is releasing a new operating system called Windows Vista. Though originally slated for release at the end of this year, the system will not reach the consumer until early 2007. Windows has not released a new operating system since 2001, when they released the critically acclaimed Microsoft XP. Mind you, this system came quick on the heels of the horrible, quickly forgotten, crash happy, Windows 2000. The user friendly XP, in the opinion of many a direct copy of the Mac OS X operating system, received rave reviews and has been the staple in many homes and offices since its release.
Mac OS X (10.0) code named "Cheetah", was released in March of 2001, and since this time Apple has released 4 major upgrades to OS X ("Puma", "Jaguar", "Panther", and "Tiger") with version 10.5 (code named "Leopard") slated for release in the Spring of 2007. During this time, Apple has rapidly increased their market share due to the huge success of their user-friendly, attractive, and stylish lines of desktops and laptops, including the iMac and iBook, not to mention iPod, their best-selling line of mp3 players or iTunes, the most popular on-line source for digital music. Macs are frequently used in publishing and music fields. Next time you're at a concert look on stage and you will most likely see a bright Apple logo staring at you from the back of an Apple laptop.
With iLife, Apple's software line for home use (standard on all Macs), including such applications as iPhoto, iWeb, iMovie, and GarageBand and with iWork (trial versions included with every new Mac) containing Pages and Keynote, Apple has cut into Microsoft's market share and has seen record quarterly profits. Fueling this growth was the announcement of the transition from the PowerPC processor to the Intel chip in June of 2005. The first Macs with an Intel processor were released in January 2006 with complete integration (including new product lines) in August 2006. With the introduction of Boot Camp in April 2006 Mac users are now able to run Windows XP on their Mac and in many cases faster than on a Microsoft based machine.
Now more than ever, there is no reason not to make the switch to an Apple and Microsoft is shaking in their boots. This leads us back to Vista. As mentioned above, Apple has released 4 major upgrades in their Mac OS X line with a fifth arriving shortly in the time it has taken Microsoft to release one (Vista); and coincidently enough, Microsoft has once again based their new operating system off of Mac OS X. I don't want to influence your views so take a look at the video link below and you decide.
For the New York Times, David Pogue reviews Windows Vista, trying to prove in his video that “Microsoft did not steal ideas from Mac OS X.”
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