Comments on: Safari on Win… Yawn. http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/12/safari-on-win-yawn/ My opinions about convergence, consumer technology, gadgets, Web, and more. Fri, 10 May 2013 17:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ricky Cadden http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/12/safari-on-win-yawn/comment-page-1/#comment-159380 Ricky Cadden Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:04:44 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/12/safari-on-win-yawn/#comment-159380 I agree 100% that it's not anything exciting, but I think I see something long term. There's no arguing that OSX is prettier than windows. Every time Steve does a keynote about Leopard, I get excited, and I'm full-blown Windows. But think of this - they've got Parallels, Bootcamp, and VMware. The lines between Mac and Windows are slowly blurring. When you ask random people what's the biggest reason they don't switch OS', it's usually because they're already seated in Windows. They don't want the hassle of learning the new apps and UI of a new OS. Enter iTunes for Windows, Safari, and I see more and more "Mac-only" things coming over. Jobs is giving people a way to "test" Mac out a bit before going headlong into it. That's the biggest obstacle to switching OS. There's alot more to flesh out, but I don't think this is happenstance and just something to reignite browser wars. This is a long, long term strategy. I agree 100% that it’s not anything exciting, but I think I see something long term. There’s no arguing that OSX is prettier than windows. Every time Steve does a keynote about Leopard, I get excited, and I’m full-blown Windows.

But think of this – they’ve got Parallels, Bootcamp, and VMware. The lines between Mac and Windows are slowly blurring.

When you ask random people what’s the biggest reason they don’t switch OS’, it’s usually because they’re already seated in Windows. They don’t want the hassle of learning the new apps and UI of a new OS.

Enter iTunes for Windows, Safari, and I see more and more “Mac-only” things coming over. Jobs is giving people a way to “test” Mac out a bit before going headlong into it. That’s the biggest obstacle to switching OS.

There’s alot more to flesh out, but I don’t think this is happenstance and just something to reignite browser wars. This is a long, long term strategy.

]]> By: tivoboy http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/12/safari-on-win-yawn/comment-page-1/#comment-159377 tivoboy Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:46:53 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/06/12/safari-on-win-yawn/#comment-159377 Movies! they wanna get movies installed and playable on the windoze machines, so they need a trojan horse to get quicktime on as many machines as they can. the 900 meeeliiion pcs that don't currently have itunes installed. IIRC the download offered safari with: itunes quicktime itunes & quicktime. Movies! they wanna get movies installed and playable on the windoze machines, so they need a trojan horse to get quicktime on as many machines as they can. the 900 meeeliiion pcs that don’t currently have itunes installed.

IIRC the download offered safari with:
itunes
quicktime
itunes & quicktime.

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