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Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1

Previous benchmark tests that I'd carried out on my Mac mini had shown that Safari 3.1 was the fastest browser for the Mac OS X. Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 changes that.
Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Senior Contributing Editor

Previous benchmark tests that I'd carried out on my Mac mini had shown that Safari 3.1 was the fastest browser for the Mac OS X. Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 changes that.

Using the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark test my testing shows that Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 holds a 7% lead over Safari 3.1. 

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1

Firefox 3.0 is shaping up to be a fine browser.

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