Prince McLean, AppleInsider
The tech media is working to pit Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 7 release against Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, but the two products aren’t really direct competitors.

The operating system most users end up with will depend upon what hardware they choose to buy, not the specific feature details of the software that system happens to run. History reveals that the hardware decision isn’t going to be based primarily upon features.

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Prince McLean, AppleInsider

Apple has dropped serial number verification in the new retail box version of iWork 09, making the revised office suite simply “just work” for new users who have purchased it.

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