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Codeweavers Releases CrossOver For Intel Mac

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the schmootcamp-schmarallels dept.

dbialac writes, "Codeweavers, one of the major players in the Wine Project, have released their first beta of CrossOver for Mac. I've downloaded it and played around with it and though there are glitches, it does seem to run programs' standard features quite well."

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  1. Win32 apps will run faster than OSX apps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    For example, Photoshop for Windows will be much faster than the current version of Photoshop for MacOSX (PPC native), Mathematica 5.2 for windows will be much faster than Mathematica 5.2 for Mac OSX, etc.

    This is hardly news. In 1998 on my 300MHZ Wallstreet Powerbook, MS Office for Windows was much faster under SoftWindows+Win 98, than the native MS Office for Mac. Exactly the same macros were running more than twice faster under SoftWindowsw than under MacOS.

  2. Welcome to last week... by SuperBanana · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    This was announced on Macupdate days ago.

    Aaaaannyyywaaaay, it has the same issues DarWINE does; namely, it INSISTS on using my built-in screen as the primary monitor ie where new application windows appear (which is not how the system is set up- the external monitor is primary. XP respects this, why can't WINE?). So, running an application that puts up windows on a regular basis is a constant exercise in frustration as they CONTINUOUSLY appear on the WRONG monitor.

    I tried using VirtualDub, and was never able to get the necessary components installed; sure, it supports application installers- but codecs and such are a big "go fish", and it doesn't recognize INF files, which is how some codecs and such are supplied. There were also severe graphics redraw problems. To top it off, Codeweavers now thinks any windows program disk in the drive is its job to try to install; apparently it hooked into OS X in some fashion, which will be hilarious to try and undo...

    Recommendation: go with DarWINE for now, until CrossOver is cheaper or presents a more compelling reason to actually pay for such a beast, because it is barely 'beta' quality. Your other three choices are Qemu (slow), Parallels (mostly good), or Boot Camp and real XP (I can hear the "I won't soil my Macbook" comments now...get a grip, people...it works the best.) I use a combination of Parallels (for stuff that doesn't require performance/3D; yes, Parallels is supposedly working on "fully accelerated" 3D, but I'll believe it when I see it) and Boot Camp / XP (for gaming.)

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    Please help metamoderate.
  3. Re:Cygwin is for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    GTFO fag