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CrossOver Mac Beta Released!

the dr said:
this might be a really dumbarse question, but... -

Why is itunes and apps like internet explorer among the top pledge packages to convert? Why not just download the mac version?!? :confused:
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For myself, i'll be looking at some form of Windows on the Mac solution purely to run IE6 and 5, for testing websites in the browser/platform environment used by the overwhelming majority of users. IE5 for mac bears almost no relation to the other versions of IE (or any other browser) in terms of it's rendering of web pages, and Safari, Firefox etc are way too standards compliant to be any kind of guide as to the visitor experience of ones site if they visit using IE on Windows.

I'm currently running VPC which is a dog, and will gladly move to any more workable solution once i'm on an intel Mac
 
I'm mucho happy. At work, to my dissapointment, they bought a bundle of stock Core Solo Mac minis. But, with this, no Parallels, and Publisher 2003, pretty much a requirement of a few staff, works at breakneck speed.

I've tested Access, Excel, Outlook, Word and Publisher 2003 and they all work like a dream - as fast as running naitively (I'm sure Outlook works faster!)

Going to keep playing around. there goes the evening :rolleyes:
 
Acad

I really hope AutoCAD gets working... My three apps I would greatly miss with a switch are AutoCAD 2007, Napster, and TuneBite... This project seems to have some really great potential.

Kudos!
 
well i downloaded it but installing IE is a problem. When i click the simulate reboot thing, it locks up every time :mad:
 
IMHO, it is a VERY BAD thing.

It makes me recall that OS/2 was dead because it suportted Windows apps, and as a result, rarely would anyone ever wrote anything native for OS/2, and as a result of that, OS/2 is DEAD now due to lack of apps.

Supporting Windows apps is BAD. I want Cocoa apps!
 
tokevino said:
IMHO, it is a VERY BAD thing.

It makes me recall that OS/2 was dead because it suportted Windows apps, and as a result, rarely would anyone ever wrote anything native for OS/2, and as a result of that, OS/2 is DEAD now due to lack of apps.

Supporting Windows apps is BAD. I want Cocoa apps!
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this isn't 'official support' of the type OS/2 had though.

apples and pears, my friend, apples and pears. :p
 
erkanasu said:
HOW does Half Life 2 work? Also can you play CS:S online?!?!??! Please get back to me, debating to drive all the way to my other house to get my os x install cd which is required for this prog to work properly....
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Would be good to know. I'd imagine it's a bit much to expect from a Beta? It runs Steam! Haha!
 
bigandy said:
this isn't 'official support' of the type OS/2 had though.

apples and pears, my friend, apples and pears. :p
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You have to understand that a lot of developers are very lazy to maintain more than one set of codes. They only do that when they have to. If any opportunity rises, they will try to cut corners, and Mac always gets cut first in the past and will probably be the same case in the near future.

I am really hoping this one will not work too good to be used in any actual production.
 
tokevino said:
You have to understand that a lot of developers are very lazy to maintain more than one set of codes. They only do that when they have to. If any opportunity rises, they will try to cut corners, and Mac always gets cut first in the past and will probably be the same case in the near future.

I am really hoping this one will not work too good to be used in any actual production.
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If the developers are at least a little experienced, they could have the same code compiling and running on any platform (assuming the code is written in a cross-platform language, and that the libraries and APIs used are also cross-platform).

If you have to write platform specific code, you should do so in a way which separates it from the main application code.
 
cloudnine said:
Why would you even think of installing internet explorer? meh :(

baby jesus just cried a bit...
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:p It just seemed like an easy Windows app that I could install from a download rather than a CD, and it's a supported app. Besides, unfortunately it is somewhat useful to me as a web designer, since I need to check websites in IE6 for Windows. Previously my only option was to use VPC on my G5 or my PowerBook, this is a nice alternative on my iMac.
 
Could someone try GoogleTalk & Google Desktop for me & post screenshots? I'm kinda interested to see if they work
 
WARNING:

Crossover allows you to rename the Bottles. However when you rename a bottle the installed programs are lost. When I say "lost" I mean they lost their marbles.

Rebooting does not work. Refreshing application menu does not work. When you try to run the program, the error is "bottle not found or deleted". Ok so I go to reinstall the program and it says all the components are already installed.

So where can you "repair" the program menu or the program icon to find the newly renamed bottle?

I know I can probably just rename the bottle back to the original but that's not the point. I don't think it should allow you to rename the bottle in the first place. And if it does, then the programs' links should automatically update to find the correct bottle.

EDIT: Renaming it back did not solve the problem. Reinstalling program did not work. Had to delete the bottle and start over from scratch.
 
celebi23 said:
Could someone try GoogleTalk & Google Desktop for me & post screenshots? I'm kinda interested to see if they work
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Google Desktop installed and launched but the UI was messed up and it didn't work. Why not just use iChat or Adium (they both can connect to Google for chatting). IMO Google desktop isn't needed on Mac OS X either - you already have Spotlight, Dashboard, etc. :)
 
Windows 98 Bottle and IE version 6

Explorer was working fine.

I figured I'd hit the "print" button to see how that's handled.

Wow! Total disaster.

Hit "print" and the bottle crashes. Start Explorer again and it freezes. Have to quit and restart Crossover to get things working again.
 
I'm just interesting in seeing if it will run my old Windows games, now just got to get an Intel Mac....
 
tokevino said:
You have to understand that a lot of developers are very lazy to maintain more than one set of codes. They only do that when they have to. If any opportunity rises, they will try to cut corners, and Mac always gets cut first in the past and will probably be the same case in the near future.

I am really hoping this one will not work too good to be used in any actual production.
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I know - I've been there and done that, and it's not easy. However, a third party application such as this isn't going to fly with big corporations, not the big UK firms I've worked with anyway (Prudential, BSkybB, BBC, etc).

And Linux CrossOver hasn't stopped big companies crossing over to that, has it?

I don't believe for a second that this will kill any programme worth it's salt, because it's just not as good a solution as having a native application.
 
PubGuy said:
Yeah, I just sent the link so they can test the AOPA Real Time Flight Planner. Seems functional, you just have to guess what goes into each box.

I can tell you that the AOPA RTFP works fine in Parallels (and you don't have to dual boot to use it).
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Sweet! Does that mean I can throw out my E6B? :)
 
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