Now, lets set something straight from the beginning of this article. We love Apple. However, we can also acknowledge when they are wrong. For instance, Apple can’t make a mouse to save their lives. Look at the mighty mouse - utter crap. As soon as a shiny new iMac turned up at Dirty Mansions, mighty mouse got the boot and a Microsoft (no less) mouse got installed.
Apple’s decision to release a PC version of iTunes was shrewd. Its decision to release Safari on Windows is a gamble. It is going to attempt to build on its brand loyalty, but has it exposed its carefully contrived brand to criticism? Pompous Mac users love to trot out the ‘we don’t get viruses’ line, but now Safari is on a PC, this shield of invincibility is about to be tarnished. Granted, the difference in OS plus the fact that Safari can’t ‘get a virus’ but any doubt over security could have the ability to transcend platforms and cast shadows over Apple’s previously untarnished OS. but in less than 24 hours the windows version of Safari had bugs and security flaws “popping up like hotcakes”. A hasty 3.01 update was posted for download within days, and now we’re on 3.0.2!
