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Apple takes another step in taking over the world with a Windows version of the Safari Web browser.

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coreyspring1 year, 2 months ago

Funny that after years and years Apple has finally decided it might be a good idea to make their software work on Windows.
I'd love to see a Windows version of Final Cut
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  santa01 year, 2 months ago
  
  true, their editting software runs leagues ahead of windows... and even the version of word that MS makes for Apple runs better than their windows versiojn, but Safari?
  mozilla runs better than safari ON apple!
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GregD1 year, 2 months ago

Anyone else not seeing any fonts while running this version on Windows XP SP2?
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ret25usn1 year, 2 months ago

I just loaded it this morning. I am using it now. No problems so far.
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tchef1 year, 2 months ago

I'm a Mac user and I stopped using Safari for the most part because it didn't work with many web sites that I used (mostly forum sites) I've been using Firefox and I really like it. They will have to make some improvements to get me back.
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  santa01 year, 2 months ago
  
  Me too. safari was great at first when you compared it only with explorer, but mozilla is so much better than safari and it already runs on both windows and OS, so this might be a little too little too late. we'll see.
  
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    UnusualSuspect1 year, 2 months ago
    
    I find Safari runs pretty well on my laptop, and much better than Explorer or Netscape. I will admit it doesn't run well on some sites at all, tho. I use Firefox, which performs well, too. I have yet to try Mozilla...I will download that today and see what all the chatter is about. But, can't blame Jobs for trying to expand...should prove interesting.
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      santa01 year, 2 months ago
      
      i guess im an idiot. arent mozilla and firefox the same thing?
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        UnusualSuspect1 year, 2 months ago
        
        Santa:
        Nope, you're no idiot. I have to admit I've never looked at Firefox that closely, I just use it. Firefox is the name of the software, the Mozilla Foundation is the company that makes it. I just learned something new!
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WorkerSS1 year, 2 months ago

SEAMONKEY!
I would love to see Apples OS run on a Windows machine, if it ran like it does on Apples new Intel computers I would buy it in a heart beat though I would have to keep Vista and/or XP for games and HiDef/.mkv content.
I just really want to make my own icons and why M$/Gates has never made this possible is beyond me.
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  CrazyRay1 year, 2 months ago
  
  The problem with a "Windows machine" is that any idiot company can make one...unlike Apple who makes THEIR software to run on THEIR hardware.
  http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/bo...
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tryinghard1 year, 2 months ago

Finally some sophistication brought to the PC world.
I regret the day my wife talked me into buying a PC, instead of a Mac. Oh well, we do what we have to do.

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BlankFrank1 year, 2 months ago

I was going to post something mean like, Apple's clunkiest software now runs on the world's clunkiest OS, but thought I should download Safari 3 first. Version 2 runs noticable slower than Firefox.
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allasam1 year, 2 months ago

Of course Apple has to make things work on PCs, to cover for the fact that a lot of software is simply not available for Mac, in spite of their ads that continually promote one or two things they do. What if you want to do one or THREE other things? Most new software has a little note that says, soon to be available for Apple computers. That's when Steve Jobs made Apple able to run PC stuff. Embarrassed? I guess.
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  CrazyRay1 year, 2 months ago
  
  It's an evolution of the "switch" program...now, your entire computer can run on a Mac while you use the Mac OS and see how much better it is.
  ...and it's because programs like Virtual PC (Connectix) just run simple emulation software and run like garbage.
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x00000000091 year, 2 months ago

not very secure. see the remote exploit discovered today
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=286
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WorkerSS1 year, 2 months ago

"idiot company " Thats a big statement, I built my own windows machine and if your talking about Dell than I would agree but the companies that make the motherboards, vid cards and the rest of the parts also make Apples parts so who is the idiot here ? Apples the one boasting that their computers run Windows as a selling point.
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  CrazyRay1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Yeah, Dell, & etc. that mass produce crappy computers to sell to the ignorant masses...they just seem to care that the low-end computer that won't run the next installment of Windows without substantial upgrading came with a free monitor for $599.99...
  "Apples the one boasting that their computers run Windows as a selling point."
  Because people are afraid of losing all their "Windows stuff" when they switch to a Mac
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AlexRiver5 months, 2 weeks ago

Yeah! Cool!
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