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Is "Crossover" Worth It?
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It has worked pretty well for me though I did end up getting a bluetooth Logitech keyboard that allows me to switch and just use that now.
Edit - I use a magic mouse for one computer and a magic touchpad for the other.
@circatee - It is a keyboard/mouse sharing software solution. It actually works pretty well. I would probably still be using it but carpel tunnel in my wrist made me start using a trackpad more often...
Edit - I use a magic mouse for one computer and a magic touchpad for the other.
@circatee - It is a keyboard/mouse sharing software solution. It actually works pretty well. I would probably still be using it but carpel tunnel in my wrist made me start using a trackpad more often...
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Now I need to Google what 'Crossover' is...
Actually, I'm referring to the program that allows people to run Windows programs on the Mac....games via Steam in particular.
yep. I have Parallels and Crossover but it appears that Apple and Crossover are working together behind the scenes (according to Andrew Tsai) so that's a safe purchase for gaming..
You can use a simplified version called Whisky. It is essentially a clean UI for wine wrapper (what Crossover uses) Whisky is great, been using both.
Crossover uses the most recent Wine version while Whisky is behind by couple versions but it is free, honestly half of my apps and games ran much more perfectly fine on whisky versus crossover lol.
In theory, using crossover for wide range of applications support is ideal but Whisky seem to be doing much better in gaming side of things (excluding steam platform)
I tried Diablo 4, runs max preset settings 40-60 ish fps with my M1 Pro 14in
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Crossover uses the most recent Wine version while Whisky is behind by couple versions but it is free, honestly half of my apps and games ran much more perfectly fine on whisky versus crossover lol.
In theory, using crossover for wide range of applications support is ideal but Whisky seem to be doing much better in gaming side of things (excluding steam platform)
I tried Diablo 4, runs max preset settings 40-60 ish fps with my M1 Pro 14in
GitHub - Whisky-App/Whisky: A modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI
A modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI - Whisky-App/Whisky
github.com
So if I'm understanding correctly, Whisky does not run the Steam platform well? If so, that would be a deal breaker for me.You can use a simplified version called Whisky. It is essentially a clean UI for wine wrapper (what Crossover uses) Whisky is great, been using both.
Crossover uses the most recent Wine version while Whisky is behind by couple versions but it is free, honestly half of my apps and games ran much more perfectly fine on whisky versus crossover lol.
In theory, using crossover for wide range of applications support is ideal but Whisky seem to be doing much better in gaming side of things (excluding steam platform)
I tried Diablo 4, runs max preset settings 40-60 ish fps with my M1 Pro 14in
GitHub - Whisky-App/Whisky: A modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI
A modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI - Whisky-App/Whisky
Yes it is worth it.
I'm using it on my MacBook Pro 16-inch M3 MAX maxed out, together with Parallels Desktop.
At 70% off, “worth it” is no longer a valid question. I am grabbing it on the 27th.
It is probably not the 27th yet where you live. Wait!!! Then it should appear as 70% off the $74 when you use the badass70 code… tomorrow.
The code is working (in Europe) but I was just curious how he sees $64 when I get $74... not a big deal after the discount it's only $3 more, but was just wondering what price others are seeing...
Over here in the UK, it's £18 instead of £60. It'll be whatever the local sales taxes are.
I mean it depends. If the software you're interested in isn't handled well by it then it wouldn't be worth it. I used it for a few years and it met my needs.
Just a small correction. Crossover doesn't use Wine as-is. They forked it and added custom patches. They also contributed heavily to the up-stream.
Both Codeweavers and Valve are heavy contributors to the wine project. Alexandre Julliard who founded the Wine project has been working full time in Codeweavers for quite a few years.
I've been a paid crossover users since 2014, mostly on Linux though.
What are you using yours for? Any gaming? What framerates are you getting?
I installed Crossover 23.7 yesterday on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro. I have tried the following games via windows Steam:
Half Life - Runs perfectly
Left for Dead 2 - Runs perfectly
Pac Man Championship - Runs perfectly
Quake Remastered -2021 - Runs perfectly
Quake 2 (2023) - Crashes after two minutes of gameplay
Stray - Playable but camera panning isn't smooth
Tetris Connected - Plays fine in windowed mode.
All in all, Crossover is worth the $20 I spent yesterday. Can't wait until CX Patcher is updated to work with Crossover 23 to improve compatibility with more games.
Half Life - Runs perfectly
Left for Dead 2 - Runs perfectly
Pac Man Championship - Runs perfectly
Quake Remastered -2021 - Runs perfectly
Quake 2 (2023) - Crashes after two minutes of gameplay
Stray - Playable but camera panning isn't smooth
Tetris Connected - Plays fine in windowed mode.
All in all, Crossover is worth the $20 I spent yesterday. Can't wait until CX Patcher is updated to work with Crossover 23 to improve compatibility with more games.
Top games are great with more than 100-150 FPS depends on the game.
High-End work is also fine.
And for chess: Stockfish engine for the CPU and LC0 engine for the GPU, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-piece Syzygy Endgame Tablebases for the 8 TB SSD and a maxed out RAM is obviously needed and available.
The Neural Engine is also amazing
Like which ones? What scares me about Parallels is that you can't give your full system resources to the games.Some games run better with Parallels Desktop