Firefox viewing

My issue is within web browsers on OS X 10.4.8
Just as a reference as there are other sites that this happens to; as i do alot of graphic and webdesign - im switching from pc to mac systems and wanted to know why it does this as - it doesnt make any sense as firefox i figured is firefox regardless of system. because i do alot of site development and ive noticed alot of incompatibilities among each browser and want to what kind of steps might need ot be taken or if its just a matter among developers?
Here is the same site captured using just the defaults in each system:
XP:
http://www.loudspeakermusic.com/test/firefox2_xp.jpg
OSX:
http://www.loudspeakermusic.com/test/firefox2_xp.jpg
ive tested it across various Apples [G4, G5, Macpro etc] and PCs and it seems macs resolution towards fonts are very incoherent-seems to be either a firefox issue or a OSX issue???
seems like the OS has a huge FONT issue and its kind of irritating being a graphic and web developer and considering mac pretty much constructed the way for FONTS that you cant have more then a certain amount of fonts without causing system instability -
thanks in advanced

The Browser can only reproduce fonts which are installed on the computer. Macs and PCs have always used different font sets - something ignored by web designers working on PCs.
When writing web pages you should always specify a font-family, and 'serif' or 'sans-serif' after a specific font. i.e "Arial", "sans-serif"> either in-line or in the style sheet.
Not all PCs have the same font sets, Macs may have different font sets depending on the OS. There are plenty of font collections available if you need more. Furthermore the font size will be interpretted differently - 12pt on a mac is quite small, so always specify font sizes by pixels not points, or use relative sizes.
In any web design, if you absolutely must use one specific font and size the only way to guarantee it will show up the same across all platforms and browsers is to embed it as a graphic or pdf.

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> I am working on a site for a local non-profit club and
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> how firefox views the pages. In safari the page looks
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> images that are side by side in a table are supposed to
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