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by zealog 6278 days ago
That's true - and another reason to go with Mac.

On my Mac I can test Mac versions of Safari, Firefox, and Opera. I can also have virtual machines to test for Windows Firefox, IE6, IE7, and IE8 at the same time. If I were on a PC I would only be able to have one version of IE installed.

It's still funny to me that to develop websites that work on all of the Windows browsers a Mac is the only thing that makes sense.
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joechung 6278 days ago
"If I were on a PC I would only be able to have one version of IE installed."

That's not true. You can have virtual machines to test multiple versions of IE, too.

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ks 6278 days ago
Microsoft has released a program called "Web SuperPreview". It enables you to compare pages both in IE6 and IE7/8.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e6...

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duskwuff 6278 days ago
The performance is kind of "meh", though, especially in VMWare (where it's practically unusable). I personally prefer IETester: http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/
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