Comments on: CrossOver Mac is available as a public beta

By: Dissapointed :(

Dissapointed :( — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:51:15 +0000

I understand… Is it even possible to have a Windows Emulator for Mac PowerPCs?

By: Ronald Poi

Ronald Poi — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:03:52 +0000

I don’t care if WINE is or not an emulator (i think is not), if it gives me the possibility to run IE6 to test my websites, it simply works…

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:33:55 +0000

Ok. Shout out to anyone who has managed to get IE7 installed via CrossOver. Anyone?

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:30 +0000

WINE is an acronym which stands for \”WINE is not an emulator.\” As listed on their \”Debunking WINE Myths\” page at http://www.winehq.com/site/docs/wine-faq/index

2.2. Does Wine emulate a full computer?

No, as the name says, Wine Is Not a (CPU) Emulator. Wine just provides the Windows API. This means that you will need an x86-compatible processor to run an x86 Windows application, for instance from Intel or AMD. The advantage is that, unlike solutions that rely on CPU emulation, Wine runs applications at full speed. Sometimes a program run under Wine will be slower than when run on a copy of Microsoft Windows, but this is more due to the fact that Microsoft has heavily optimized parts of their code, whereas mostly Wine is not well optimized (yet). Occasionally, an app may run faster under Wine than on Windows. Most apps run at roughly the same speed.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:56:55 +0000

First, Crossover’s WINEs have always worked better in my experience than traditional WINE. That’s not to say I’d run a nuclear power plant with it or anything. It’s fine for some games or IE or something like that (in my experiences, at least)

Second, it’s not a Universal binary, it’s Intel specific. PowerPC owners get a big giant no symbol over the icon, and a “You cannot open the application ‘CrossOver’ because it is not supported on this architecture” message if you try running it.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:47:59 +0000

Wine is an emulator! It emulates windows calls.

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:53:13 +0000

WINE is not an emulator

By: ClaMs

ClaMs — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:48:26 +0000

Can’t wait for the official version. God knows how cool that would be if it worked flawlessly (or almost at least). I so excited. The possibilities are endless.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:51:34 +0000

Down with Microsoft for simple Internet Explorer browser checks!