safari 4 vs ie8

Safari is the Mac OS default web browser that is developed by Apple Inc. Now Apple corporation has released its newest version Safari 4.0 for both Mac and Windows, so that most of Windows computer users can also use Safari to surf Internet. According to Apple official declaration, Safari 4.0 is the most fast web browser now in the world.

Internet Explorer 8.0 is the new launched Microsoft Windows platform default web browser, now IE8.0 has different installation package for Windows XP, and Vista, 32-bit or 64-bit both. In order to compare with Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Apple Safari, Microsoft released IE 8.0 on March 20th, 2009.

Safari 4.0 and IE8.0 have their own features differently, but they are distinctive in performance and security etc. sides. so let's look at them in details.

Platform- Safari is the Mac OS X and Apple smart device iPhone default web browser, and now it has different versions for both Mac and Windows. IE8.0 ONLY runs on Windows PC system, Windows Mobile on cellphone has not been upgraded. So Safari 4.0 is more popular than IE8.0 in running platform.

Speed - When Apple Inc launched their latest Safari 4.0 browser, it was said that Safari 4.0 is the most fastest web browser in the world, its speed is 7.8 times than that of Microsoft IE8.0. With the brand new "Nitro" engine, Safari reads Javascript more quickly than former version, but IE8.0 does not perform well at this side.

User Interface - Apple Safari 4.0 has dumped the Mac OS X interface, and it looks plain werid on Windows. Same with Microsoft IE8.0, tab webpage and smart address bar inputing is also added to Safari 4.0. So most of Windows users open the Safari 4.0 on their Windows pc, they will not be strange to what they see in Safari 4.0.

Security - Safari 4.0 is also functionable in phishing and malware protection with IE8.0, so when you open a suspicious website carelessly, Safari 4.0 will alert you and do not open the webpage automatically. But for the web browser itself, Safari 4.0 has more bugs than IE8.0.

RAM manage - Most of web browser users concern about how much system resource the browser running will take up, because under the same circumstance, the less rource browser takes up, the better your pc will performe. A pity is that Safari needs more RAM space, though you reduce the open webpage, unless you restart Safari 4.0. IE8.0 needs less than Safari, and when you close down some open webpage, the RAM will be saved.

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