Windows Vista Takes Cues from Tiger
When Windows Vista ships in late 2006, Windows will mimic many features of Apple's Tiger and go beyond it.
But while Microsoft introduces the world to Vista, Apple is keeping mum about its next version of Mac OS X, which Steve Jobs has said will ship at about the same time as Vista.
It is the Intel-ready Leopard, not Tiger, that will be Apple's answer to Windows Vista.
User Interface
With the first Vista beta, Microsoft seems to have taken many cues from Mac OS X with the user interface and features, right down to some of the terminology.
Even some of Vista's icons are amazingly similar to those in Tiger.
For instance, there's the interface names, Apple's Aqua and Microsoft's Aero.
In Vista, "My Documents" and "My Computer" are now "Computer" and "Documents," as they are in Mac OS X.
The search icon in the Vista beta is almost identical to Tiger's Spotlight icon, except that the magnifying glass turns the other way.
Vista buttons and other interface details have a shiny bulbous look similar to those in Mac OS X.
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