What is Apple Safari? And do I have to switch over?

I believe Safari requires OS X.

Safari is Apple's default browser. It is to Macs what IE is to PCs. The newest version may require OS X but earlier versions of Safari are probably installed on your Mac already.

Safari is not a very good browser, but IE on Macs is also pretty bad. If I were browsing excessively on Macs I would probably use Opera.

Thanks Timberlandko and Craven, I really appreciate the info. Not ready to go to OSX yet.
Thanks, : )

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Safari is OK; the latest version running OS X is fine. Opera is a good alternative - the latest version for OSX is ad-free and free of charge and is a serious alternative to Safari.

Also have a look at Firefox browser from Mozilla. It's steadily getting better.

make the leap into OS X. It's the best operating system I have come across - unintrusive, stable, intutive and packed with goodies. You won't regret leaving 9.2 behind - unless you have lots of essential softwrae that only runs on OS 9.