Markus

For today (28th October 2008) Codeweavers is giving away free versions of it's Crossover applications for Mac and Linux.

Crossover uses WINE to allow you to run Windows applications on a Mac.

Pop over here to request a serial number and download the software.

I've used an early version of Crossover and it wasn't too bad. It allowed me to run Steam and Half Life 2 through it, and seemed to work pretty well. They now have a specific "Games" version of it as well, so that's nice.

Download and have a play, when it's free, there's nothing to lose!

Ian Cook

thanks for the heads up Markus, but i got VMWare Fusion free (legally i hasten to add ) so i think ill stick with that

I might give it a go though, you never know

BuRR

This isn't the same as Fusion - Crossover allows you to load applications inside a Wine wrapper, so you don't need the Windows OS loaded to do so.

JackClark

Excellent, thanks Marcus and Codeweavers.

GaryK

Looks promising although limited app. support.

LanCat

It supports more than just the "listed" apps

GaryK

does it?

notable ommissions for me a VS2005, sql server etc etc, whats involved in getting your own win32 apps to work?

LanCat

Someone smarter than I will be along to tell us otherwise but AFAIK it supports client software not server apps like SQL or VS. For those you need to use a Virtual OS not a Windows Emulator.

To install s/w not in the Crossover install list you click the "Install Unsupported Software" button in the Crossover Installer.