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Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 3:55pm

Apple\'s Leopard to take on...

Despite Apple's marketshare increase of 37 percent in the past year, the company will have to add new features and improvements to maintain its current growth rate and compete with Windows Vista, according to a report by eWEEK. Apple's next version of Mac OS X, "Leopard," and Microsoft Windows "Vista" will both ship in late 2006. Vista has many features similar to those found in Mac OS X Tiger, such as the user interface dubbed "Aero" versus Apple's "Aqua". Vista's search icon reportedly looks almost identical to Apple's "Spotlight" icon, the only difference being that the magnifying glass is turned around.

The user interface of Vista boasts many features that have been considered to be superior to Tiger's, such as document previews on file icons which update as files change and improved file management. Vista's security has also been improved by implementing a "containment area" for internet explorer which will attempt to prevent viruses and worms from infecting the system.