View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/11/24/vista.may.aid.mac.os.x/ Friday, Nov 24, 2006 5:25pm Windows Vista may aid Mac OS X Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista, which is scheduled to ship to the masses in late January, may actually help rather than hinder Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' -- which is scheduled for release in the spring of 2007 -- according to one report. "We believe that the fact that Vista is designed to be much like Apple's OS X will, in the consumers mind, make the transition from using XP to Vista very comparable to making the transition from XP to Tiger," MarketWatch wrote in a recent report. "We believe this could provide ample opportunity for Apple to gain greater market share with consumers. With Apple's next-generation operating system, Leopard, due in April 2007, we believe Apple will continue to stay more than a step in front of Microsoft."