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Old August 14th, 2005, 10:25 PM
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Windows programs on tiger?

i've heard a rumor that the new tiger has some kind of api that will allow mac users to run 32bit windows programs on tiger? can anyone clarify that and verify if it is true or not?

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Old August 14th, 2005, 10:48 PM
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I don't know where you heard this, but it certainly isn't true.

If you want to run Win32 applications, you'll need to use Virtual PC. Technically skilled users might also try out Wine or Bochs, but these require a fair bit of know-how to setup.
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i've used wine on linux is virtual pc free?
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Virtual PC is a commercial product that is now owned and sold by Microsoft. You may buy it as a standalone app or as part of the Office 2004 bundle.
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Old August 14th, 2005, 11:27 PM
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Virtual PC is crap.
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Virtual PC is crap.
It won't be if Apple buys it from Microsoft after the x86 transition
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so no other way eh? cuz i heard it was built into tiger or something..
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There is something called DarWINE, which means to put WINE natively on Mac OS X.

http://darwine.opendarwin.org//
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