Google Chrome launches Mac version to Apple users

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- After Google released the beta version of its Internet surfer Google Chrome in September last year for Microsoft users, Google Tuesday launches the Mac version of it to Apple users.

The release of Google Chrome has largely challenged Microsoft Window's Internet Explorer in the past year. While it still lags behind IE, Google Chrome's simplicity, speed and functionality has attracted many users already.

The move last year enabled third-party developers to study the underlying source code and help port the browser to Mac OS X and Linux.

This time, the launch of Chrome's Mac version has begun to challenge the Safari explorer offered by Apple users of the Mac machines.

Google on Tuesday also released a beta version of Chrome for computers running on Linux operating systems.

"We hope the betas for Mac, Linux and extensions were some of the things on your wish list this year," Google product manager Brian Rakowski blogged in a post.