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Windows Games on Macs Without Windows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the holy-land dept.

Dotnaught writes "TransGaming Inc. is making its 'Cider' portability engine for Apple's Intel-based Macs available to Windows game developers. The software promises to let Windows games run on Intel Macs without Windows or Apple's Boot Camp. 'Cider works by directly loading a Windows program into memory on an Intel-Mac and linking it to an optimized version of the Win32 APIs,' the company claims. Cider is a software for game developers, not end-users. Cider-enhanced games are scheduled to appear as soon as October. If Cider works well, will there be any more Mac-specific game development? And if not, will it matter?"

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  1. Re:Don't need two comps - dual boot by Cythrawl · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Snicker, yes you can dual boot your Mac to run windows, but I would LOVE to see the mac hardware even cope at eunning Oblivion with full detail... Face it the Video card for the Mac are pretty bunk when compared to most gaming PC's. The mac just isnt viable for gameing at all for that ONE reason..

  2. But... by ohforf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How are Mac-users going to play RTS games without rightclick, or does logitech start to sell mac-gamecontrollers: its a mouse with two buttons!