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Leopard vs Vista 2: The Indirect Choice
Saturday, November 18th, 2006
The Indirect Choice
Apple is strongest where Microsoft is weakest, and vice versa. Despite the intense interest in pitting Apple against Microsoft, Leopard and Vista simply aren’t direct competitors.
Part of the reason for this is that Apple is only making Leopard available for users of its own Mac hardware, while Vista runs on a wider range of PCs than Apple even ships, including of course, all of Apple’s Intel Macs.
Anyone interested in a tablet, an ultra compact laptop, or a $299 PC simply can’t choose Leopard, because Apple doesn’t make Mac versions of any of those products.
Door Three?
Similarly, the vast majority of high volume office fleet PCs purchased by the Enterprise won’t be deciding between Leopard and Vista, but rather between sticking with Windows XP for the time being or rapidly rolling out support for the new Vista. Leopard vs Vista 2: The Indirect Choice
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