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WINE Arrives for Intel Macs. ⇒

   8 February 2006, lunch time

Running Windows applications natively on a Mac is cool and all. Well, that is until you stop and think about it for a moment and realize people use Macs to get away from all the lame applications for Windows. This link was found via Waxy.org.

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  1. But wouldn’t being able to use windows applications on a mac be a good way to get people to switch over? This is like a possible solution to the myth many computer users have about macs being unable to do a lot of things a windows machine can do. Or does wine only run like simple windows programs?

    by Krishna on February 8 2006, 1:58 pm   #

  2. Back when I had a Mac, there was the odd application I needed which was only available for Windows. I found having an emulator to be a great convenience.

    by rishi on February 8 2006, 4:14 pm   #

  3. But all of this is moot when Intel comes out with the 64bit version (Merom) of their current line which promise virtualization at a hardware level. Or am I missing something?

    But this is wonderful as well. I am all for running Windows apps without running Windows. Dual boot is overrated.

    by Sunny on February 8 2006, 9:45 pm   #

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