With the final version of Windows 8 now complete, how does Microsoft's great hope for reinventing itself for the post-PC world compare to Apple's new flagship? The short answer: not well. But lest you think that it's a simple case of sainted perfection versus preordained disaster - the peanut gallery's running themes for Apple and Microsoft, respectively - think again. OS X Mountain Lion has some unwelcome flaws, whereas Windows 8 has some virtuous aspects.
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