<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by swise:
o, in many cases, alternatives to iApps exist or were around prior to release of the Apple-developed offerings. Furthermore, the iApps usually win out in side-by-side comparisons with their Wintel counterparts, so any gushing over them is warranted.
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Let's not forget that OS X itself was developed from an existing OS and actually ran (nicely) on Intel machines.