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Reply With QuoteI 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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Thread: Windows programs on tiger?
- August 14th, 2005, 09:25 PM #1
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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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- August 14th, 2005, 09:48 PM #2
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- August 14th, 2005, 09:49 PM #3
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i've used wine on linux is virtual pc free?
- August 14th, 2005, 10:09 PM #4
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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.
- August 14th, 2005, 10:27 PM #5
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Virtual PC is crap.
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- August 14th, 2005, 10:29 PM #6
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It won't be if Apple buys it from Microsoft after the x86 transition
Originally Posted by Veljo Its not the machine that makes you creative and get a better job, its what you can do with it.
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- August 14th, 2005, 10:36 PM #7
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so no other way eh? cuz i heard it was built into tiger or something..
- August 14th, 2005, 11:26 PM #8
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There is something called DarWINE, which means to put WINE natively on Mac OS X.
http://darwine.opendarwin.org//• Apple iMac G5 17" (2 GHz G5) - Mac OS X 10.5.8/Ubuntu 10.04
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