Apple Leopard VS Microsoft Vista,Staged control functions war

November 21 international reporting, in Apple and Microsoft Vista Leopard parents control battle, parents have become out-and-out winner.

Through a series of integrated parental controls, a listing gave Apple Leopard parents left a deep impression on him. New technology allows parents to manage their children's Internet time, blocked some websites, or iTunes, instant messaging, and other applications to check the children when the parents are not using the computer's every move and communications targets.

Apple to catch up with Vista parents control functions. Microsoft Vista parents control in the field made the biggest ever step, parents control supporters claimed that parents should control function is one of the reasons for the purchase of Vista.

NPD Group software business head, Christopher said that the two sides parents control software in the field of competition to benefit consumers. Now, parents have no reason not to restrict the use of PC of the child.

Parents more and more concerned about how to use technology products to manage their children's use of computers, especially in the more children access to the Internet prematurely circumstances. One of the evidence is that NPD data shows that in the first nine months of this year, the United States parent control software retail sales over the same period grew by 47.3 percent.

Apple and Microsoft did not disclose the number of users in the use of parental controls, but analysts said that this feature will become Leopard and Vista in the Christmas season this year during the selling point. In the first weekend, Apple sold 2 million copies Leopard copy. Microsoft has sold 88 million copies Vista copy.

Analysts said that although the parents control software sales growth, but some parents in how to use after purchase may have trouble, or can not install them correctly, it is also integrated into the operating system experts believe that the parents must control software extremely easy to use, effective one of the reasons.

With hundreds of millions of computer update parents, parents control software will become the mainstream one. ConnectSafely.org joint CEO of St. Anne, the parents of the operating system level control software on the PC is the most suitable. Parents can have a wide range of choices, which are seamlessly integrated, parents do not need to install new software. Sometimes new software system could collapse.

By function contrast, Vista and Leopard parents control function is well-matched. But for playing online games or single parents of the children, Vista provides more detailed control, so that the children can play the game for him. Windows product manager Tom said that this is an advantage Vista.

On the user interface, Apple's parental controls software more concise. Leopard contains provision for the child to use the drop-down menu of computer time; Vista offers a calendar grid to set the time.

Leopard so that parents can control their children's computer computer, which is not available in Vista. But Tom said that the enterprise environment, remote process is necessary; in the family environment, the remote control is purely superfluous.