Wine and OS X

[Segin]

Jim White wrote:

> Segin wrote:
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>> Obchod id wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> There could be at least mention in FAQ about possible OS x version or
>>> whether there is no plan.
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Frantisek
>>>
>> It already exists, but only for Intel Macs (The name 'Wine' is a 
>> recursive emulator for Wine Is Not a Emulator, from the fact it 
>> doesn't emulate a CPU. Therefore you cannot run x86 Windows programs 
>> on a PowerPC Macintosh.)
>>
>> OSx86 Wiki entry:
>> http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Darwine
>>
>> Darwine project page:
>> http://darwine.opendarwin.org/
>
>
> What Obchod said is that the information about Wine on OS X is not 
> readily apparent in the FAQ.  While being obscure during the days of 
> PowerPC-only OS X, the question now of "What about Wine on OS X?" has 
> become quite frequent in the Intel-era and will become more so.
>
> While a download of Wine for Intel OS X is probably still a month or 
> two away, updating the FAQ and making a link to it from the Downloads 
> page would be the user-friendly thing to do (particularly since there 
> is bound to be a flood of inquiries when CodeWeavers makes their 
> CrossOver Office release).
>
> Jim White
>
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If you check that wiki page, there is a .dmg for a i386 build.