It's the weekend and I've got something FREE for you!

Okay, more seriously, it's not about what I'm giving you but more of what Apple computer is giving you. Yes, the same brand that created the iPhone (that's taking a gazillion years to arrive in Malaysia officially), iPod, Mac, Macbooks etc.

Yes, they are pretty - very pretty in fact and this time around, instead of making money from people like us, Apple's giving us something for FREE! A BRAND SPANKING NEW BROWSER!

It's a web browser I'm talking about - they are in for a tough competition. We've got Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera and a range of other smaller niche targeted browsers ie. flock etc.

The thing is, the fruit is not new in this competition. The fruit didn't name their browser Grape or Durian but Safari - which; if you've used a Mac or owned and iPod Touch / iPhone, you'd be familiar with this browser - YES, it's BIG in the Mac community but not Windows users.

The last time the fruit decided to enter the Windows market by giving away a free Windows version of Safari 3.0 - it hardly took off. Some people tried, I tried and found it to be clunky, wasn't fast (although it was claimed to be the fastest browser - which in my opinion is just CR*P)
, had loads of incompatibility issues and simply wasn't as nice as Firefox or Internet Explorer or any other Windows browser for that matter. In one word - for me, Safari 3.0 for windows FLOPPED BIG TIME - I'd be more interested in it if it was durian pulp, at least I'd be able to savour it's pungentness... :)

So anyway, enough of history - the fruit is trying again - not surprisingly called Safari 4.0 - it's said to be MUCH MUCH MUCH better and features some 150 features which would BLOW YOUR MIND!

Here's a sneak preview of what Safari 4 features...







I love the fact that they have 'coverflow' in the browser and the whole 'cinematic' view when looking at the top sites you frequent.

The fruit might have just gotten it right this time - but only time will tell as while I type this blog entry, I'm having the browser downloaded.

Since it's the weekend and all, why don't you go ahead and grab this FREE GIFT from the fruit? It's FREE and there's nothing to lose :P I'll post my review of the browser sometime next week...

In the mean time, CHILL, download and have an AWESOME WEEKEND!