WineX 3.0 Examined

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Posted by michael on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @06:15AM from the old-wine-new-bottles dept.

GonzoJohn writes "When I first subscribed to Transgaming's WineX 2.1 product last year, I was pleasantly surprised that nearly half of the games I had were supported to a degree. The games that did run ran pretty flawlessly. The games that didn't work had varying degrees of success, all just short of actually being able to play the game (the installers seemed to work). With the release of WineX 3.0 from Transgaming on April 17th this year, it looked like it was time to revisit the wonderful world of Wine. This time around, Transgaming WineX 3.0 has some new tools as well as improvements in the number of games supported and gaming speeds. In this article, we're going to take a look at the new features of WineX 3.0, with a focus on their new GUI installer called Point2Play."

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WineX 95? by Surak · 2003-04-29 06:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh no...I can see it now...the next version will be called 3.1, then 3.11 and finally WineX 95! It's happening again! Argh!

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Re:Installers??? by Angry+White+Guy · 2003-04-29 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Sounds like the Iraqi Information Minister, doesn't it. We are Succesful! We have managed to get Halo installed on Linux! X-boxen are commiting suicide, hanging from our Kernel hooks!

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"+5 Funny?" by Overly+Critical+Guy · 2003-04-29 06:43 · Score: 3, Funny

You're right. Version number jokes never get old. They are repeated and repeated, year after year, but they are still just as clever and inventive as they were five years ago.

Let's make another 3.11 joke, shall we? The trigger-happy crackheads will be falling over themselves trying to mod it up fast enough.

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1. Re:"+5 Funny?" by sharkey · 2003-04-29 08:29 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Let's make another 3.11 joke, shall we?
  All joking aside, I just can't wait to get the "Leaves" background in WineX 3.11 for Winegroups.
  
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Re:Requirements - Bloat? by Mr.Phil · 2003-04-29 07:10 · Score: 2, Funny

winex converts DirectX to opengl on the fly to do that at any reasonable speed you need a fast cpu, in reality 500 MHz isn't fast enough to run most modern games under winex
A 500Mhz processor is fast enough to run most modern games under WINDOWS either.
talk about contradicting yourself... by grimani · 2003-04-29 09:51 · Score: 2, Funny

"those that worked, worked perfectly"
"those that didn't work, worked to varying degrees"

uhh...okay.

keep working on your literary skills. you know what they say - practice makes perfect, to varying degrees.
Re:Comical Ali by Anonymous Coward · 2003-04-29 12:28 · Score: 1, Funny

Contrary to unconfirmed reports of his suicide, former Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf has resurfaced as a Microsoft spokesman.
At least that's what the cheeky chaps behind TheInformationMinister.com would have us believe.
Fans of Comical Ali's inventive line of invective will be pleased to note he's handled the move from Baghdad to Redmond with aplomb.
Even though al-Sahaf was an apologist for a murderous regime, his star-quality shines through.
"Windows has no bugs. None! None I tell you! We will be shipping product soon," Comical Ali pronounces in the well-executed Flash animation.
"Linux is a lie. It is used by no one! It has no market penetration! None I tell you now," he continues in the mock-up Redmond via Baghdad broadcast.
"We are secure now. We have always been secure! Praise Allah!"