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BonziBUDDY ported to Mac OS X, world leaders breathe sigh of relief

Finally, true equality for the Mac software world. (Well, sort of.)

Bonzi Buddy!A common topic of contention in our own Battlefront forum—where the elite meet to beat each other's favorite OS into defeat—is that given two computer platforms, A and B, one measure of superiority between the two is the number (and style) of programs available for it. If, say, a powerful video-editing application is available on A but not B, while simultaneously a popular game is readily available for B and unlikely to ever see release for A, which platform sees the net gain?

Introducing a new point of contention into this debate is the arrival of one of the PC world's most popular applications for the Mac. Yes, friends, Bonzi Buddy, that furry purple gorilla that became the bane of Windows 98 users everywhere has made the cross-platform leap and is now ready to "assist" you in your day-to-day Mac needs.

Of course, this isn't exactly a full port. For one thing, the Mac version isn't actually spyware; in addition it sports a somewhat more, shall we say, "profane" attitude than its original PC counterpart. Still, if you just have to have something from your pre-Switcher days to comfort you, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend? 

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