[semi-off topic] Windows appls on Mac without Windows
- From: Helpful Harry <helpful_harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:11:05 +1200
From MacRumors.com ...
Windows Applications On Mac, Without Windows
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Codeweavers has announced that CrossOver Mac will be
arriving this year in late July or early August 2006.
Pricing will be at $59.95 for single-user licenses, with
volume and educational discounts available. CrossOver
Mac will support a number of Windows applications to run
natively within Mac OS X using Wine, enabling the user
to run Windows applications without having a copy of
Windows installed on their system.
In an email exchange with MacRumors, CodeWeavers has
claimed that the application is still in an alpha
testing stage. Application compatability is claimed to
equal that of their Linux counterpart. In addition, the
company is adding support for a limited number of games
such as Half-Life 2.
Codeweaver's solution differs from solutions like
Apple's Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop in that it does
not require a copy of Windows to run the Windows
applications. Also, applications will be able to run
side by side with their Mac OS X counterparts, whereas
virtualization solutions must be contained within a
"Windows window" or the machine must be rebooted in the
case of Boot Camp. On the flip side, only a limited
number of applications will be supported, whereas dual
booting can support any Windows application, and
virtualization can support most non-3D intensive
applications.
News.com has posted two screenshots of the product
running Microsoft Project.
Announcement:
http://www.www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/&t=1151715301
Screenshots:
http://news.com.com/2300-1016_3-6090070-1.html&t=1151715301
I haven't been following the WINE project, but I have heard stories /
rumours that some Windows viruses and other nasties also run under this
system. There's no real change that such things can infect Mac
applications, but they could possibly cause problems if they do silly
things like trying to delelte the whole hard drive.
Personally I would never run such a system on my Mac. I'll stick to
containing Windows in a nice safe environment all by itself like
VirtualPC or Parallels.
Helpful Harry
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