I covered Mail in last Wednesday’s Leopard Feature Presentation, which was one of the apps that sought to bring Mac OS X’s built-in applications in lockstep to go up against Entourage, part of Microsoft Office. But Entourage isn’t just e-mail and information management; Entourage also has an Address Book and Calendar included, which recently has been making iCal look a little, um, amateur. Not so in Leopard. iCal 3 in Leopard finally has been fully redesigned to be more professional looking and faster to use, and although those of us who regularly used iCal before will have a few new things to get used to, the new iCal overall offers a lot of stuff to be excited about.
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Tags: calendars, Entourage, events, Exchange Server, iCal, Leopard Feature Presentation, Mac OS X Leopard, management, review, to-dos

I’ve blogged about how Apple has really ramped it up against Microsoft Office with iWork ‘08. That is, they’ve ramped up against Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. But what about Outlook/Entourage? Well, Apple also has its return weapon for Entourage, which is the combination of Mail, Address Book, and iCal, and in Leopard, Apple has added even more to these three applications to increase the competition. But are these enhancements worth their weight in gold? Well, Address Book hasn’t seen any significant new features, so I’ll ignore it this go-around. iCal’s Feature Presentation will happen later this month, which means today’s focus is on Mail.
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