Crossover Mac Beta released

Its finally here for public beta.

Just to give everyone heads up, you will need your Mac OS X Install disc, it has to copy over one file from the disc, so it can fully integrate the applications with OS X.

This is also for Mac Intel users only, sorry PPC users.

 

I wonder if windows games will run smoothly just like mac games because there are ALOT of games that're supported.

edit: ALOT of untested games & apps, I thought everything on the page is compatible.

 

I have used WINE in Ubuntu before, and let me tell you, it is not all its cracked up to be. Application support is really pretty limited. Also, it can be a real pain to get stuff installed. I am not sure how Crossover Office works with WINE, but application support will not be as good as Parallels or Boot Camp, and it will be a lot slower than both. The main advantage is that you don't need a copy of Windows.

 

I've used Cedega (wine based) in Debian Linux for a long time, and it's worked to play EverQuest and Warcraft III among other things. It has not been error-free however, and there are plenty of things that won't work under it. So I wouldn't count on this making any huge impact, but it's nice to see all the different solutions people are offering for gaming and emulation in general on Macs these days

 

Yeah its built on wine, but its also being sold commerically so naturally codeweavers would make improvements, and not to mention on the mac they have a limited hardware to support, so there is really no excuse for it not to run well.

 

I have the beta, and even as a beta it is so far ahead of WINE for Linux it is not funny. Part of this is it's using Quartz instead of X11; the whole application desktop is much snappier than in regular WINE. Add in a very slick and professional application installation and launching setup, and this is a VERY different animal.

 

I agree with you, for a beta its excellent. I tried installing two programs, mIRC and IE 6 and both worked great with no real lag, I suppose much of it is due to it being dual core as well as the fact that Apple always uses the same hardware, really theres only 5 different types of Apple computers that codeweavers has to customize this too, and thats very attainable goal, like I said before theres no reason why this should not run good at all and not to mention if you're gonna go commerical with something it has to be good.