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From: Laura on 12 Jul 2010 20:34 Ian McCall wrote: > Laura <invalid(a)sample.invalid> wrote: >> >> Learn something new everyday. I know about WINE but did not know that >> they made one for the Mac. Is there a list of programs that Crossover >> Office or Darwine run without problems? I think a list used to exist >> for WINE. > > Can't seem to find one for Darwine, I imagine it will be the same as for > WINE. > > For Crossover Office, there's: > http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/search?name=Quicken&search=app > > (other apps accessible from there). > > I tried Quicken 2002 UK and seemed to work fine, but I had a spare > Windows license so went VMware-wards in the end. > > Cheers, > Ian Thanks for the link. I had looked at Wine last year to use with Linux. Most of the software I use (QuickBooks, Quicken & Peachtree) are only at a Bronze level so stopped looking at that option. I'll have to see if I have an available XP license floating around here and go the VMware route.
From: Laura on 24 Jul 2010 21:30
bjn wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:34:14 -0400, Laura <invalid(a)sample.invalid> wrote: > >> Ian McCall wrote: >>> Laura <invalid(a)sample.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>> Learn something new everyday. I know about WINE but did not know that >>>> they made one for the Mac. Is there a list of programs that Crossover >>>> Office or Darwine run without problems? I think a list used to exist >>>> for WINE. >>> Can't seem to find one for Darwine, I imagine it will be the same as for >>> WINE. >>> >>> For Crossover Office, there's: >>> http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/search?name=Quicken&search=app >>> >>> (other apps accessible from there). >>> >>> I tried Quicken 2002 UK and seemed to work fine, but I had a spare >>> Windows license so went VMware-wards in the end. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ian >> Thanks for the link. I had looked at Wine last year to use with Linux. >> Most of the software I use (QuickBooks, Quicken & Peachtree) are only at >> a Bronze level so stopped looking at that option. >> >> I'll have to see if I have an available XP license floating around here >> and go the VMware route. > > > I know you mentioned XP. But I just want to have it noted in this thread > that, starting with Vista, Microsoft started to introduce restrictions on > running Windows in a VM unless you purchased a certain [expensive] version. > I am not sure of the details, though. If you want to run in XP mode on a win7 machine you have to have Win7 Professional or Ultimate. Here's more info here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx |