Revisiting WINE
Now that I have a Macbook Air, I have a passing fancy in WINE again. I had tried out WINE recently possibly for the first time since the 90's.
I find it interesting that in some ways, application support is as shaky as it was in the old days. It makes some sense though when you think about it. Windows is always changing! These days everything is through an installer and you have 64-bit support to deal with, etc.
I wonder how virtualization of Windows affects interest in WINE. Why try to mimic it when you can just run it? Currently I have VMWare Fusion with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Eventually I'll have to bit the bullet and just buy a full expensive Windows 8 license, but I'm getting by for now.
Chess Openings Wizard is the application I've had the most success with. I would say it as a Silver according to the AppDB standards. Not quite good enough to stop running it through virtualization.
I find it interesting that in some ways, application support is as shaky as it was in the old days. It makes some sense though when you think about it. Windows is always changing! These days everything is through an installer and you have 64-bit support to deal with, etc.
I wonder how virtualization of Windows affects interest in WINE. Why try to mimic it when you can just run it? Currently I have VMWare Fusion with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Eventually I'll have to bit the bullet and just buy a full expensive Windows 8 license, but I'm getting by for now.
Chess Openings Wizard is the application I've had the most success with. I would say it as a Silver according to the AppDB standards. Not quite good enough to stop running it through virtualization.
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