You almost had me there buddy! Nicely done - I actually started to believe you really thought Mac's were better machines. But alas I read your post for what it was - more fodder for fanboy flame wars. Brill I say, just brill!

Surely no one could be so ignorant(I too have fodder!) to believe that a multinational corporation like Apple is any different from one like HP or Dell - they want your $$$. Mac's are more expensive because they advertise more than any other company on this planet (should be noted that the quality of their advertising is not only a joy to behold but also far superior to any product they have ever carried).

Interestingly however their advertising is only partially aimed at the switch campaign. The rest is firmly aimed at the religious zealots who line up for new ipods every two weeks. These advertisements are meant to buoy the self esteem of those who fall prey to the marketing campaigns of 'His Steveness' (who is a genius). Rather than exercise their freedom of choice, in an inherently consumerist society, they proudly pile all their eggs into the proverbial Apple basket. Are you the same people who all drive Fords as well? I am proud to have owned an iMac (noisy and constantly crashing with OS 9 and still runs), my own hand built PC (noisy as hell but rock solid with win2K), a Toshiba (best laptop I ever owned), a Vaio (peice of crap in every sense), and next week my new ASUS G1S. I was looking at the new MBP 15 inch but couldn't justify the extra $800 for IDENTICAL hardware. The $900 to add an extra 2 GB's of RAM is also laughable (clearly a company that believes in value for it's loyal fanatics). I also find it interesting that such a superior product only comes with 1 year warranty versus my Asus that has 2 out of the box. My G1 also has Lightscribe, HDMI and a VGA on top of my DVI. Did I mention that I get a 4 in 1 card reader? I digress..... The Macbook does have style over substance I will give it that.

Go Safari on Windows and bring on the iPhone - it's about time someone started bringing in some style to the cell phone market.

PS Here are links to:

Memory Express where I am purchasing my G1S
[www.memoryexpress.com]

and Apple.ca where I would have purchased the 15 incg MBP.
[store.apple.com]

arctikphox

cybergrunt says:

fuck you all I'm off to buy a Sun Ultra :)

Darkest Daze

Just a suggestion, but instead of whining about bugs in these comments where nobody cares, why not make use of that handy Report Bugs menu item in Safari? You can even add it to your toolbar (right click on toolbar --> Customize toolbar...). It's a winning situation for everybody: Apple hears about the bug and it gets fixed, and the rest of us don't have to listen to you cry about it.

Darklighter

cybergrunt

JakeSlatnesky

nevyn

Nealjs11

Wow, that was quick. Never seen that kind of speed out of Redmond. Could these patches have already been in the pipeline?

Uh, Microsoft had a 3 day turnaround when their Windows Media DRM was cracked. Remember FairUse4WM? Stopped working after Microsoft updated their DRM code. It's a cat and mouse game, and most of the time, it only lasts for around a month before Microsoft pushes another DRM update.

As for PCs vs Macs - well, most people buy Dells and HPs, and they just pick whatever's in their lineup. Very few people build their own PC anymore - the cost-effectiveness isn't there. The only advantage to building your own nowadays is so you can get the latest ATi or nVidia 2903587095874520409999 SUPER XXXTREME card with 3902TB of memory on it. The rest of us seem to just buy Apple, HP, or Dell, or whatever.

(I use a Mac Pro running XP. It cost less than the equivalent Dell (and DIY was maybe a few bucks cheaper... but then I had to f ind a case that was quiet(... when you could find it - stupid Intel. "Xeon" can refer to a Pentium 4 HT or the Core2 version, making it hard to compare since you likely picked the Pentium 4 instead of the Core2... Still haven't found anything that can load down 2x dual core...).

Worf

FerrariGTO

FerrariGTO

If you guys noticed, I've said nothing against Apple developers. For all I know, they are the greatest bunch of guys alive. But "it only shows up on a weird site" is as lame an excuse for lack of proper testing as they come. This is precisely the purpose of QA - to seek out, or invent if necessary, the weird cases, and test for them; whereas successfully charting a narrow code execution path so that nothing bad happens to your app is not it.

Architeuthis

Classic Apple fanboy nonsense. Apple is somehow deemed superior even when they release a product that has a major flaw on Windows but not on their own OS/hardware.

Typical indeed.

bougatsa

Wow, that was quick. Never seen that kind of speed out of Redmond.

So whats MicroSofts excuse? They Have way more bugs on apps written by them for their OWN OS and take WAY longer to release fixes.

el-chupageek

ortuno2k

I say, surprisingly fast update. Nice work.

(However, it's still very very buggy, which is not-as-nice-work. All bold text is invisible on my Win machine.)

nevyn

Im not being a mindless Apple defender. If you have gripes with Apple products, thats fine, and there are a bunch of legitimate complaints here, but dont be an asshat because they got patches out quickly on a beta. Thats all I'm saying.

d_saum

solOptimus

Fbunny

YOU CAN'T EVEN SORT YOUR BOOKMARKS WITHOUT A THIRD PARTY APPLICATION?

I'll try it out for the rest of the day but I'll stick with IE7 because it's pretty and I can acutally Right Click > Sort

zephyr_words

redredred

Stop being a mindless Apple defender.

Ohh I love fanboy warz

clemonator

gutterisatool

ok, if Apple releases patches quickly, their QA sucks? If they release patches slowly, they suck? So because they release a F#cking BETA piece of software for an app running on non-native OS, and they react quickly to bug reports, you slam them?

So whats MicroSofts excuse? They Have way more bugs on apps written by them for their OWN OS and take WAY longer to release fixes. Stop being a hater just because its Apple.

d_saum

schrosa

Instead of the "Apple Software Update app," use the even handier "Add/Remove Programs" section and choose "Safari" as the option.

WiZZLa

Abnormal

trendspotter

sotark

davezatz

Architeuthis

Oh Doctor Martin Luther King, where are you now in our HOUR OF NEED?!

Pope John Peeps II

Bape

Props to Apple for quick reaction.

Bape

med

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FubarGuy