Codeweavers Releases Beta of Crossover MacBy Don@Smalldog.com
You have heard of Parallels and Boot Camp but Codeweavers solution for Windows applications is even neater. Basically CrossOver Mac will allow you to run COMPATIBLE Windows applications without having to own Windows! There are now over 2000 Windows applications that will simply just run in OS X. You'll need an Intel-based Mac and 120 MB of free hard drive space but this is an exciting development that might be the answer for many of us that only occasionally want to run a Windows app. CrossOver Mac allows you to install your favorite Windows applications and games on Mac OS X. CrossOver includes an easy to use, single click interface, which makes installing Windows software simple and fast. Once installed, your application integrates seamlessly in OS X. Just click and run your application directly from
the OS X Finder. Clicking a Windows file or document - including email attachments - will launch the appropriate Windows program, allowing you to work on the files. Best of all you do it without needing a Microsoft operating system license.
This product will be about $60 when it is released but you can download the beta now and check out the long list of compatible applications. I do not own many Windows applications so I'd appreciate a first-hand review from any of you that do and I'll include it in our next issue of Kibbles & Bytes!
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
If you are lucky enough to have one of the new Intel Mac, you can even download a FREE Beta version right now and give it a try. Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
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