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Microsoft and Vista: Trying To Turn Around A Supertanker

This article is dead on truth, but most people still are not getting it. Leopard is a "Windows" minimizing environment designed specifically for small screens. With the likes of Sony's new 11 inch OLED screens--color bright in broad daylight, viewed from any angle, saving 40% on battery power-- the future for Apple's ultra-portable, touch screen technologies is assured. Hello Slim Macbooks, Mac touchscreen tablets and iPhone Extremes running Web 2 secure software from Google, Apple and many others.

Every one of Apple's current consumer software products is designed to simplify life for consumers, to get 95 % of the complex functionality of MS office for a quarter of the effort with few crashes. Just look at the similarity of editing tools across their consumer lines (Take the Apple tours at their site) NOT to mention the WOW factors of new multi-media features built in with similar cross application support.

It is almost sad to see the Microsoft whale struggling on the beach of the Web2 world. Within 5 years it will be all over, even in the business world--see Salesforce.com for the future--they love the possibilities of the new iPhone/computers.