Apple's Safari browser released for Windows

The browser market just became more interesting, as Apple has released Safari for the Windows platform. Two things will happen, I predict: 1) Safari will zoom in popularity because there's a strange belief among the public that all things Apple are superior, and 2) it will be inferior, just like the iPod and Macintosh computers. Did you know iPod has never been the top rated media player? I've seen it as high as No. 3 on customer satisfaction surveys. Being "hip" and "cool" has always been the top priority of Apple users.

BBC:

Apple has launched a version of its web browser Safari for Windows, competing head to head with Microsoft's Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

Chief executive Steve Jobs said Apple "dream big" and wanted to expand the 4.9% market share Safari enjoys.

Mr Jobs was speaking at a conference of developers for Apple products in San Francisco, California.

He said Safari was "the fastest browser on Windows", saying it was twice as fast as Internet Explorer.

A test version of Safari 3 for Windows XP, Vista and Apple Macs running OSX, is available for download from the Apple website. Apple is hoping to replicate the success of iTunes, which has proved enormously popular on both Macs and Windows machines.