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Real Name:john madsen

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Last Login:9 May 2008 00:02

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Guitar Hero 3 Speed Booster	May 9 2008	JOHNODD Nice we can now run guitar hero 3 on a mac mini without lag problem why do we need guitar hero III for macintosh when we have frets on fire that works on all macintosh computers (Version 1.2)		0
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$0.99 iTunes Movie of the Week Widget	May 9 2008	JOHNODD Nice but with a application like handbrake why in the heck do we need to rent videos from itunes. (Version 1.0)		0
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Zipeg	May 9 2008	JOHNODD Great application had no issues with it fast easy to use and freindly (Version 2.3.0.896)		+2
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Plex	May 9 2008	JOHNODD Awesome hands down one of the best frontends for playing media on the mac just install this and vlc and you have it made this really kicks butt (Version 0.5b1)		0
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Disc Cover	May 9 2008	JOHNODD Sounded like a great piece of software works good if you use blank templetes when i tried to use a premade templete the computer beach balled and i had to restart my macintosh kinda sucks. (Version 2.0.5)		-4
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Bento	Apr 2 2008	JOHNODD Really enjoyed bento v2 but i had some issues first i would rather purchase iwork 08 versus bento because at least iwork 08 backups work where bento's doesn't also the price tag of bento is way to high for a application that has so many issues. (Version 1.0v2)		+2
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Bento

Apr 10 2008

BUMBLEB How does iWork replace Bento? Bento is a database, iWork is; spreadsheet, word processor, layman layout, presentation software.
(Version 1.0v2)

	Oct 16 2007	JOHNODD Great another release of bootcamp beta bad news boot camp beta expires within 4 months so hope you enjoy your four month trial because once the trial is finished you have to go to leopard in order to use boot camp full version. (Version 1.4b)		0
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CrossOver Mac	Oct 16 2007	JOHNODD Don't like crossover. Still only supports direct x 8.1 applications so no recent games will run lame really lame (Version 6.2)		0
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CrossOver Mac

Dec 18 2007

NEONBLUE2 Not entirely the fault of CodeWeavers. Most of the work is done by volunteers on the Wine project after all.
(Version 6.2.1)

CrossOver Mac

Dec 19 2007

JETFIREDX Then there is little point in buying this if it is just Wine repackaged... if you find and download the latest binaries for Wine on OS X it is just as compatible and incompatible for me. I thought the point was a team working on an improved for pay product when Wine is free but hit or miss if it will work and continue working.

This latest version still shows no improvement for the few apps I need. Wine doesn't run them (as of 0.9.50) and neither does this demo of CrossOver.
(Version 6.2.1)

CrossOver Mac

Dec 19 2007

NEONBLUE2 CrossOver isn't just Wine repackaged. It's a lot easier to use as well as being able to run more apps. Just because it doesn't work exactly for you doesn't mean it's a failure.

CrossOver the user friendly version of Wine. Users don't have to compile and gamers specifically don't have to get OpenGL working by themselves.
(Version 6.2.1)

CrossOver Mac

Dec 19 2007

JETFIREDX I have never had to compile Wine myself. Dropping two files on my hard drive from a .dmg is all that it takes to get Wine. It is just a matter of looking for it pre-built. Next, they use the exact same winecfg application to configure them. Beyond that I think the bottles concept that CrossOver makes you deal with is more complicated than it needs to be.

As for OpenGL, neither Wine (Darwine) or CrossOver are working for me so in the end it doesn't matter and I suspect it is similar for others. I don't play games on my Mac or on a PC so the only thing I am interested in is the few 3D tools I did use and would still like to use.

I would gladly buy CrossOver if FragMotion would run because then I could ditch Windows entirely. However, because I am not a business I cannot afford to pay the devs to get support for FragMotion working as it says you can do on their site.
(Version 6.2.1)

CrossOver Mac

Dec 19 2007

NEONBLUE2 There are precompiled versions of Wine now? Where'd you find them?
(Version 6.2.1)

CrossOver Mac

Apr 7 2008

JETFIREDX I have been getting the latest versions of Wine here:

http://thisismyinter.net/

Not the best site layout, but scroll down in the Darwine section and you should be able to find a 0.9.53 build.
(Version 6.2.1)

YamiPod	Aug 5 2007	JOHNODD yamipod is a wonderfull application that runs on mac os x 10.4.9 and older and currently doesn't support newer versions of itunes but works great if you are using a older machine (Version 1.6)		0
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