WINE on Intel-based Mac

Open-source developers from the X86 Project have managed to compile a version of WINE--software that allows applications written for Microsoft Windows to run on other platforms--for Intel-based Macs. The Darwin Project has been working to port WINE to Mac OS X for some time, and now the latest version can be compiled to run on Mactels, according to a note on the X86 Project forums. Currently WINE offers a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix, and a program loader that allows numerous unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unix varients, according to Macworld UK. "Think of WINE as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs," WINE developers state on the project website. "WINE does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100 percent non-Microsoft code." [updated]

by MacNN Staff