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Anybody here use it ? Experiences ? Tips and tricks ? Gotchas ?
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Crossover works ok for the stuff it says it is Silver or Gold for. Reasonably fast. I'd probably get it if it could work with Outlook 2007. Instead, it doesn't.
They also deserve credit for providing a functional demo for 30 days.
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OK cheers, I'll probably give the demo a try.
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Before you buy Crossover, check out Wine's application DB to see if the app you want to use is rated as functional. You may not have to buy Crossover if your app will easily work properly out of the box, or work with a simple DLL download/install. As you know, Crossover is just the commercial version of Wine.
It's also worthy of note that Wine just hit version 1.0 after 15 years of development.
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Originally Posted by besson3c 
Before you buy Crossover, check out Wine's application DB to see if the app you want to use is rated as functional. You may not have to buy Crossover if your app will easily work properly out of the box, or work with a simple DLL download/install. As you know, Crossover is just the commercial version of Wine.
It's also worthy of note that Wine just hit version 1.0 after 15 years of development.
Cheers besson. I'm tempted to try the Wine route, but TBH it was really for games and since Crossover have a Games distribution I though that I might give it a go.
And yes it was the V1.0 news that got me thinking about it.
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Is it really an accomplishment to have a 1.0 release after 15 years? It sounds more like relief when a tired, broken marathon runner cross the line in last place.
Not saying that WINE isn't good. Just saying that a 15-year development track works for medical studies but not for software. 15 years in tech time is like 100 human years.
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