Is Safari the best for the mac?

i have a new macbook and have noticed that safari is rather slow compared to my old windows xp computer which i used firefox. i read a little here on these boards and noticed other have some issues with safari.
i want to ask if safari is the best online browser or if there is better? i downloaded firefox and noticed it is a bit faster.
should i keep with safari? I mean, it did come with my new macbook...but so did internet explorer on my old windows laptop and never used it.
i'm one to take full advantage of applications and know the ups and downs of the application im using. does safari have enough features for me to keep at it or what?
thanks.

It is really hard to give a definative answer to this, because it becomes a matter of preference.
Safari, is a very good web browser.
There are of course many users that prefer Firefox, or Mozilla,Opera,SeaMonkey, and on and on. Here is a link that will not only give you a wide array of choices, it may also help to confuse you.
http://darrel.knutson.com/mac/www/browsers.html
Cheers Don

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