Posted 02/25/09 at 03:03:36 PM by Andy Salisbury
Upon the release of the Safari 4 Beta, Apple was boasting some mighty impressive speeds. Now, thanks to some extensive testing, it looks like the boys down in Cupertino deserve a pat on the back, with their browser clocking in at a staggering 42 times faster than Internet Explorer 7.
Most surprising, is that Apple’s latest addition was able to beat out Google’s Chrome (the proclaimed “Speed King”) in testing, along with Firefox 3, Opera 9.6 and Mozilla’s developmental Minefield. The tests were conducted on both a PC running XP SP2, and a Mac running OS X 10.6 with all of the latest updates applied.
If you’re looking to check out the full results of the speed testing, check them out here.
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Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/andysalisbury
[2] http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/02/24safari.html
[3] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/google_chrome_speed_king_according_new_study
[4] http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49301219,00.htm
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/browser_wars_firefox_vs_safari
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/ie_fights_downward_curve_firefox_3_eats_safaris_share
[7] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/safari_4_beta_first_browser_hit_a_perfect_acid3_test_score
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