| Leopard | Vista | Comments / notes |
| UI |
Accessibility
| Integrated Braille input / output, voice synthesis, high contrast interface, etc.
| Voice synthesis, high contrast interface, etc. | |
| Fancy file browsing | Cover Flow, Quick Look
| Preview pane, extra large icon view | |
| Find windows | Exposé
| Flip 3D | |
| Indexed search † | Spotlight
| Instant Search, Search Folders | |
| Shell / window environment † | Aqua ("Illuminous" / unified) | Aero ("Glass") | |
| Tablet and touchscreen | Nope
| Yep | We know Apple has Ink, but that doesn't exactly make your Mac a tablet computer
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| Virtual desktops | Spaces | Nope | |
| Software |
Backup
| Time Machine
| Backup and Restore Center, ShadowCopy, Previous Versions
| Whereas Time Machine may be easier to use than Windows Backup and Restore Center, Vista does feature all the same (if not more) backup features |
| Browser † | Safari 3
| Internet Explorer 7
| What can we say, we like Opera! |
| Calendar | iCal | Windows Calendar | |
| Collaboration | Screen sharing from Finder or iChat
| Windows Meeting Space | This one's hard to call; Apple has better ease of use, but Windows Meeting Space is more powerful -- so both win
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| Contacts | Address Book
| Windows Contacts | |
| Email ‡ | Mail.app
| Windows Mail
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File manager
| Upgraded Finder
| Upgraded Explorer | The new finder is great, no doubt, but it lacks the raw power of Explorer |
| Faxing and scanning | CUPS + location aware printing
| Windows Fax and Scan | It's arguable that Windows may have more powerful printing capabilities, but OS X is far better at printer plug-and-play |
| Legacy app support † | Rosetta | WOW64 (32-bit emulation in 64-bit Windows) | More info on WOW64 here
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| IM | iChat | Windows Live Messenger | Whether or not you like iChat, you can't deny it supports more protocols.
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| Preview files | Quick Look | Preview pane | |
| RSS / feed reader | In Safari and Mail.app | In IE7 | |
| Speech recognition | Yep | Yep | |
| Text editing | TextEdit | WordPad | Apple included Word 2007 and OpenDocument support in the new TextEdit -- WordPad still doesn't support Word 2007 |
| Transfer | Mac Migration assistant, Back to My Mac (with .Mac)
| Windows Easy Transfer | We might have tied this one despite Back to My Mac, but WET just doesn't work very well. |
| Video calling | Yep | Yep | |
| Widgets † | Dashboard*
| Windows Sidebar
| *Now with .Mac sync and Dashcode |
| Media |
| Media interface | Front Row
| Media Center (only in Home Premium or Ultimate Edition)
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Media hardware support
| Apple TV
| Media Center Extenders, Xbox 360
| Yeah, the Apple TV's good and all, but MCEs and Xbox 360 have a lot of features that ATV just doesn't have (HDTV streaming, video downloads, etc.) |
| Record TV | Nope | Yep |
| |
NTSC and ATSC tuners
| Nope
| Yep |
|
CableCARD / DCT tuners
| Nope | Yep (x4)
| |
| DVD authoring † | iDVD
| DVD Maker | |
| DVD playback (out of the box) | Yep (DVD Player)
| Some versions of Vista (but not all)
| More info on Vista DVD playback. |
| HD disc playback (out of the box) | Nope | Nope | Macs can play DVD Studio Pro authored HD DVDs, but we're not really counting that |
| Media player † | iTunes, Quicktime | Windows Media Player 11 | |
| Photos ‡ | iPhoto | Windows Photo Gallery | |
| Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) | Yep | Nope* | *Vista CAN support A2DP, but only via 3rd party drivers |
Video editing
| iMovie
| Windows Movie Maker (with HD) | |
System tools
|
Activation
| Nope
| Windows Activation
| |
| Automation (user) | Automator (with UI recording), AppleScript | Nope | |
| Data detection | Address, phone number, etc. | Nope | |
Remote desktop (host)
| Yep (VNC and X)
| Available only in Business and Ultimate | |
| Screen capture | Integrated | Snipping Tool application
| |
| System registry | Nope | Unfortunately | |
| To-dos (tasks) | Yep (from Mail, iCal, etc.) | Yep (From Windows Calendar) | |
| Networking and connectivity |
IPv6
| Yep
| Yep
| |
| Networking tools | Network Setup Assistant, Finder with AutoFS, Bonjour | Network Center (Network Explorer, Map, Setup, Awareness, Projector), DLNA | Both provide tools for different networking needs, and we feel both are strong for different uses
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Self-tuning TCP
| Yep | Yep | |
| Wireless | WiFi with WPA 2 support | WiFi with WPA 2 support | Vista shows signal strength indicators for its available network list, why the hell can't Leopard? (OS X does organize available networks by signal strength, though.)
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| Security |
| Antivirus | Nope | Nope | |
| Encrypted, signed email | Yep | Yep | |
| Email filtering | Spam filter for Mail.app
| Junk and phishing filters in Windows Mail | |
| Parental controls | Time quotas, usage schedules, granular application permissions, log viewer, remote access
| Windows Family Safety Settings: time quotas, usage schedules, log viewer, some app permissions, and ESRB game support | |
| Library randomization | Yep | Yep | |
| Malware | Downloaded app tagging, signed applications, sandboxed apps
| Windows Defender and Malicious Software Removal Tool, signed applications,
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| Smart Card support | Yep | Yep | |
| VPN | PPTP and L2TP over IPSec | PPTP and L2TP over IPSec | |
| Gaming |
Graphics core
| OpenGL, Core Animation | DirectX 10 | |
Game network
| None
| Xbox Live Anywhere |
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