As a major improvement over the previous Osbornes, the Osborne 04 Vixen is smaller, lighter, and cheaper version with a higher capacity floppy drives. This was the most popular version yet in 1985 even thought the Osborne Computer Corporation had to hold off on releasing it for a few years due to financial troubles. It too came with a large array of software applications, including:
- CP/M 2.2
- WordStar/ MailMerge
- Supercalc 2
- Osboard
- MBASIC
- Media Master
- TurnKey
- Desolation