March 3, 2006
Five Versions of Windows Vista is Four Too Many
Posted Mar. 3, ’06, 2:29 PM PT by Aaron Freedman
Category | Apple » Rivals
Over a week ago, Microsoft officially announced all five versions of their Widnows Vista OS. You heard right, five. That’s weird, because Vista’s moto is “Bring clarity to your world.” How is five versions of one operating system clarity? Let’s take a look at OS X, one version with all of its features and one price. Now, dosn’t that make more sense? Five versions of an OS can just get too confusing. OS X has all the features for home and bussiness users in a single package. It seems that the number of versions is the only thing that Vista didn’t copy from OS X.
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Actually, there are multiple versions of OSX as well. Client, Server, Family Pack....
Err, there's also Mac OS X Server ..
"Actually, there are multiple versions of OSX as well. Client, Server, Family Pack...."
True, but the Family Pack is just OS X with multiple licences, and Server is a totally different product that's meant to run on a server, not a computer. Also, Widnows has its own server OS, which is separate from XP Home and Bussiness, and will also be separate from the five versions of Vista.