CrossOver Seamlessly Integrates Windows Applications in Mac OS X

At a glance

Considering the fact that many have been able to get a free copy of the software lately, thanks to the Lame Duck Challenge, CrossOver is worth installing on your computer to use whenever the software solutions available for Mac hit a dead end. If you need to make just a few particular Windows applications run, Standard is for you. But if you depend on both your Mac and Windows PC apps at work, with constant support, updates, and so on, Pro is the way to go. Today we're going to focus on the Standard version of Crossover Mac, which has the ability to run a multitude of Windows apps (including games) by creating a typical C: drive containing “bottles” with your installed Windows software applications. Bottles are assigned Windows specific aspects, like the supported OS version for a particular piece of software. Therefore, one bottle can contain a number of applications that work well on XP, while another can store programs that run better on Vista. The best thing about it is that Crossover simulates that environment so you don't actually need a copy of Microsoft's Windows.
'Supported' software

When you first fire up Crossover and skim over the list of supported applications, you either get very excited that your favorite apps are there, or... you don't. Not to worry though, unsupported apps still run, but they're unpredictable. Included in the list of supported Windows applications were Microsoft's popular web browser, Internet Explorer, and the Windows Media Player. So, we tried them both and here's what we got.

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