CrossOver Mac Beta Released!

[kainjow]

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/

It's fantastic! Already got it up and running with some apps! 😀

 

[slffl]

I'm very interested to hear some impressions on this!!

 

[mduser63]

Downloading now. I don't need Windows at all at the moment, but occasionally I run into small programs that are Windows only that are nice to have for Electrical Engineering stuff at school. If they work, that'd be nice.

 

[GFLPraxis]

That's awesome, I can't wait to hear some impressions!

 

[Bonte]

Dos it offer some sort off mallware protection? A warning when starting up an exe or a quarantine environment for the apps to run in?

 

[MBHockey]

It can run Windows games natively??

 

[kainjow]

Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike downloaded and launched.. I switched to 1024x768 resolution, then it went kinda crazy. I'll try again.

 

[Cubert]

Hmmmm.....interesting. Any experiences out there except post #1.

 

[edcrosay]

Everyday day now, my 10 month old Powerbook G4 feels more jealous than before.

 

[Eraserhead]

It can run Windows games natively??

just steam is supported, though other games work too check the computability list.

 

[primalman]

Ack! MacIntel only! 🙁

 

[mduser63]

Ack! MacIntel only! 🙁

Yes, of course. It's not emulation software so it requires an x86 CPU. Even unlike Parallels, this doesn't emulate or virtualize a PC. It basically provides Windows API support under OS X. It makes Applications think they're running under Windows when in fact they're not.

 

[stellaclose]

MSN Messenger

Anyone know if it runs MSN Messenger with video?

 

[kainjow]

Counter-Strike works!!!! Got it installed on my MacBook and it plays just great! Sound and everything. Except I couldn't join any servers... 🙁 but made my own and it worked 😀

 

[Eraserhead]

Counter-Strike works!!!! Got it installed on my MacBook and it plays just great! Sound and everything. Except I couldn't join any servers... 🙁 but made my own and it worked 😀

Damn, a screenshot of CS on a Mac would be hilariously good, a great pic to switch the desktop to in cases of PC fanboyism.😀

 

[Tinlad]

Steam installed, downloading Counter-Strike now (not Source, 1.5).

Even having Steam work is amazing, I can't wait to see how this software will develop. I'll be so tempted to pre-order if some of my favourite Windows apps work.

 

[mduser63]

First impressions are maybe not so good. I installed IE6 and it started fine and loaded the default MSN homepage. When I tried to go to MacRumors, I got an unblocked pop-up but the page never fully loads, and now it's hung.

 

[kainjow]

Damn, a screenshot of CS on a Mac would be hilariously good, a great pic to switch the desktop to in cases of PC fanboyism.😀

Oops, thought I attached a screenshot. Here it is (although you can't tell it's from Mac OS X because it goes full screen):

 

[Kingsly]

How is Half Life 2? Where does it install .exe files?
Downloading now...

 

[Shadow]

Damn-I just started installing Vista Pre-RC1. Oh well, looks like I'll have to wait...

Can anyone test Dreamweaver 8 and/or Photoshop 7 please? Thanks!

 

[kainjow]

How is Half Life 2? Where does it install .exe files?
Downloading now...

By default apps go in ~/Applications/CrossOver. Everything else goes in ~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/bottles/ (most of my stuff went in the win2000 folder).

 

[GFLPraxis]

Someone do me a favor and try Age of Empires and Photoshop 7, please 🙂

I have Photoshop 7 for Windows and for Mac OS X (PowerPC), and am planning to buy an Intel Mac, and don't have the money to buy a new universal Photoshop on release, which means dealing with performance lag or rebooting in Windows all the time.

And Age of Empires, I would just really like that to run 🙂

 

[mhuk01]

well its been creating a 'bottleneck' (whatever that is) for office2000 for 10 minutes now.

Does anyone think it will run the beta of office 2007? that would be pretty sweet!

 

[TangoCharlie]

Available for Linux-x86 for a while now.

I'm very interested to hear some impressions on this!!

Crossover (which is based on Wine) has been around on Linux for a while now.

Crossover does a pretty good job at "emaulating" Windows** so that many Windows apps run.... however some (esp. those from Microsoft) have a number of funny quirks.... I'd say it's OK for messing around with and having some fun, but not really suitable for serious work. It's a useful thing to have around for when you _really_ quickly need to run a Windows app...

That's my twopence worth...

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** Wine stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator", becuase is doesn't "emulate" Windows. It provides an implementation of the Win32 API and a run-time environment.

 

[FredClausen]

Very nice. Obviously beta. Seems the network doesn't work so well, and sound input may not be working. In any case, well done 🙂