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.