Comments on: Leopards and iPhones on Safari

By: Erik Schmidt

Erik Schmidt — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:16:38 +0000

Hi Megan,

My guess is that the voucher rumors are just wishful thinking. Apple has made no announcement about vouchers, and to my knowledge they’ve never provided them in the past, save when they gave vouchers for 10.1 users when 10.2 came out. That seemed to be a one-time “thanks for your support” gesture to early adopters.

I just checked the Apple Education Store, and Tiger is priced at $69. Since Leopard will cost $129 (the same price as Tiger), I expect (and hope) Leopard will also cost $69 for students.

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:49:53 +0000

Hey—-
I am a 0L, and I am a long time mac user, and I am in dire need of a new laptop for the start of classes in August. I plan on getting a new MacBookPro. I heard that Apple will likely provide vouchers for the Leopard upgrade after its release date is announced. Do you know if that is true?!

Thanks!

By: Joshua Holt

Joshua Holt — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:11:09 +0000

It’s strange, but Safari 3 seems to load pages slower than Firefox on my Intel Macbook. I never have been a big fan of Safari and so far this beta isnt going to be enough to get me to leave Firefox.

I agree with your suggestion Erik that the reason behind this move is to make the iPhone more integrated with Windows computers. I don’t think Apple really wants a huge piece of the browser market. I certainly feel that they could put their resources to better use elsewhere.

By: Erik Schmidt

Erik Schmidt — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:30:36 +0000

Interesting report, AJ. A friend of mine sent me a humorous screen shot of the Safari 3 installer telling him that his hard drive didn’t have enough room for Safari, even though it had half a gigabyte of free space.

It looks like they’re calling this beta for a reason. Still, I’m amazed at the speed, and so far I haven’t had any crashes.

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:28:46 +0000

I downloaded the beta too but am having trouble keeping it running. It’ll work fine for a few minutes and then start crashing and once that starts, it never stops. I’m sure SafariStand is playing a part in the crashes but I rather uninstall the Safari 3 beta than uninstall SafariStand.

I also downloaded the Windows version to run when I’m using Parallels and it looks nicer - it resembles the new look of Apple’s site.