GigaOM asks why would Apple offer Safari for Windows know that its introduction could very well boomerang back unto itself (vulnerabilities, outrage and of course, the mocking). Om offers some answers and points out to Robert Cringley’s theory.
It is possible that Google and Apple made some arrangements to practically compete with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7. Add to that the possibility of earning millions of dollars in ad earnings thru the browser’s search bar, the same deal Mozilla on their Firefox. Besides, I think Safari switchers will most likely come from Firefox/Opera users and not Internet Explorer users (majority of whom merely refers to it as the blue letter “e” icon).
Another theory I have is that Apple is trying to close the gap between the Mac and the PC. But you’d think that’s crazy right? Apple always wants to be different and innovative, I know but if you’d look back in the last 18 months or so, there’s some trend going on at the Apple labs.
The iTunes for Windows, the switch to Intel CPUs, BootCamp, support to Windows Vista, the Safari browser. If people say that one major reason why they wouldn’t switch to the Mac was the fear of re-learning everything from the keyboard shortcuts to the absence of the right-click, Apple is slowly inching its way to the Wintel users by giving them a bit of taste of Mac world.
So, is Apple really embracing Windows? It seems the answer is an obvious yes, though not to its detriment but to position itself (experientially) as a practical, inexpensive and familiar alternative to the PC.
Hey good point ThunkDifferent. I remember seeing the Colbert Report when he talked about it. I’m sure he’ll have
his own iPhone very soon, if only to make fun of it on air!
http://www.iphone-converter.org/convert-iphone/
If I have to pay extra for wifi I won;t be getting an
iPhone.
http://www.pspconverter.com/iphone_converter/
I wish windows can adopt apple OS like what Apple has done with boot camp. But maybe in 2-5 years OSX leopard might run on a windows based system.. legally… hehe.
/curmudgeon statement
argh don’t you all see it?! Safari is now an operating system and its gonna pwn windowzz!!! grawrr!!
@miguel: that was first my though too but apparently my safari installation was not successful.
maybe it’s about time that these two giants learn that they need each other in some way. it’s not only apple adopting to windows but windows adopting to apple as well. look at vista for example. do you see the semblance?
as long as they make a better product for us, it doesn’t matter what path they take.
“Im not fake Steve Jobs…” – Bill gates
:D
How about… so that web designers on Windows can easily test their work on the Mac platform, improving the experience of Mac users?
One reason I can think about is that a windows user needs to have safari to sync files and the like to iPhone… In marketing strategy this good like they did with iPod, opening to multiple OS users.
I’ve tried on my system and well as expected, Safari load slowly but does well in web surfing compared to firefox and eats lesser memory for some oddly reason.