Windows, Mac users to have a faster web 'Safari'

SAN FRANCISCO, USA:Safari3,considered the fastest and user-friendly web browser for windows PCs and

Macs was introduced by Apple at the Worldwide Developer's Conference held recently.

According to industry standard iBench tests, Safari is the fastest browser running on Windows

rendering web pages up to twice as fast as IE 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari

joins iTunes in delivering Apple’s acclaimed user experience to both Windows and Mac users as well

as full support to open Internet standards. Safari 3 is characterized by easy-to-manage bookmarks,

effortless browsing with easy-to-organize tabs and a built-in RSS reader to quickly scan the latest

news and information.

“We think Windows users will be really impressed when they experience how fast and intuitive web

browsing can be with Safari,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Hundreds of millions of Windows users

already use iTunes, and we look forward to turning them on to Safari’s superior browsing experience

too,” he added.

Safari has always been the fastest browser on the Mac and now it’s the fastest browser on Windows,

loading and drawing web pages up to twice as fast as Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and up to 1.6

times faster than Mozilla Firefox 2. The speed of Safari combined with its intuitive user interface

lets users spend more time surfing the web and less time waiting for pages to load. Other Safari

features now available for Windows users include SnapBack, one-click access to an initial search

query; resizable text fields; and private browsing to ensure that information about an individual’s

browsing history isn’t stored.

Safari 3 supports all modern Internet standards so users can view websites as they were meant to be

seen, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG and Java. Safari software updates are delivered

seamlessly through Apple’s Software Update application, which automatically checks for updates.

Availability:

The free public beta of Safari 3 is available immediately as a download at www.apple.com/ safari, and

is preview software licensed for use on a trial basis for a limited time. The final version of

Safari 3 will be available as a feature in the upcoming Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard, and will be

available as a free download to Mac OS X Tiger and Windows users in October.

System Requirements:

Safari 3 for Mac OS X requires Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.9 or later, a minimum of 256MB of memory and is

designed to run on any Intel-based Mac or a Mac with a PowerPC G5, G4 or G3 processor and built-in

FireWire. Safari 3 for Windows requires Windows XP or Windows Vista, a minimum of 256 MB of memory

and a system with at least a 500 MHz Intel Pentium processor.

Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection and other factors. Testing

conducted on an iMac 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system running Windows XP, with 1GB of RAM.