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To: clee1
Also correct me if I am wrong but wine is not an emulator its an API implementation... VMWare is an emulator..
6 posted on 10/25/2005 9:42:55 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: N3WBI3; clee1

Both wrong. WINE is "WINE Is Not an Emulator" It is more of a compatibility environment. It provides the same functional API that Windows does and runs the executables natively. The main problem it has is that it isn't a perfect API nor does it have all the functions that Windows does so some applications don't run quite right. However, it is almost there.

VMWare is a virtual machine. It provides all the functionality of the seperate PC running under its host OS. It runs the applications on the native processor.

For an EMULATOR you'd want to check out BOCHS or VirtualPC for Mac.

One big difference that WINE differs from the others is that the others require you install Windows on a virtualized environment. WINE doesn't require a copy of Windows to use it.


8 posted on 10/25/2005 1:59:42 PM PDT by xmm0 (This post has been brought to you by the letters "U," "S," and "A" and Amendment number 1.)
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