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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:Cider that's distilled from WINE by omeomi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Excuse me, but that's brandy.Unless it's Champaign; then it's Cognac.

    Cognac has nothing to do with Champaign. Cognac is just brandy that comes from Cognac, France.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognac_(drink)

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  2. Re:Cider that's distilled from WINE by agentforsythe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Woah!

    Firstly, it's spelt 'Champagne'.

    Secondly, there is such a thing as 'Champagne Cognac' - nothing to do with the sparkling wine, but a specific part of the Cognac region with (IIRC) chalky soil.

    Either way, no cider isn't distilled from wine, but rather fermented apple juice (and up to 25% fermented pear juice).

    This talk of alcoholic beverages has made me thirsty.

  3. will it matter? by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not in the long run. As apple moves farther in to the 'PC market' and keeps pushing windows as an alternative for OSX its a matter of time before they exit the comptuer market totally and focus on the 'media' market ( ipods, etc ).

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  4. Re:Cider that's distilled from WINE by teslar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, to be completely pedantic, the best Cognac is made only from crus from the Grande and the Petite Champagne (with at least 50% coming from the former), which may lead some people to believe that Cognac is related to Champagne. But you are right of course, the sparkling wine Champagne comes from a completely different region of France (called Champagne, funnily enough) and Cognac has absolutely nothing to do with it.

    Also, Cognac is not to grapes as cider is to apples, so the AC has no point anyway.