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Is Apple’s ‘Leopard’ Really ‘Vista 2.0’?

Written By
Mary Jo
Mary Jo
Aug 7, 2006
1 minute read
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We like a good Windows Vista dig as much as anyone. But is Apple CEO Steve Jobs really justified in calling Mac OS X 10.5 (a k a “Leopard”) the equivalent of Vista 2.0? Can’t the 64-bit versions of Vista fully support 64-bit applications? And isn’t Apple’s TimeMachine feature the same as Windows Volume Shadow Copy? We admit we are no Apple experts here at Microsoft Watch. But is Leopard really the Mac OS X release that should bid Vista “hasta la vista”?

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