QPC2 and MAc air M1

[mk79]

YouTube academy tells me that the Crossover core is open source and can relatively easily be employed with the WineskinWinery application (https://github.com/Gcenx/WineskinServer). But no idea how well that would work with QPC2

[Tinyfpga]

XorA wrote
So I just checked and I had QPC2 working on my M1 Mac

I am on the codeweavers.com site at the moment. CrossOver Mac is free for 14 days and then either $60 or $500. CodeWeavers claim to be "Software liberators". I suppose in the sense of "liberating" you of $500, they are.

[mhanias]

Thank you all for your answers.
QPC2 works with mac book M1 (ARM) via Cross Over but it costs.

Michael

[mk79]

I used Black Friday to order both a Macbook Air (for my wife) and a MacMini server (to replace my 2009 model that has been working 24/7 for 12 years, so it's due for a replacement). So eventually I'll see what I can do.

[tofro]

Only today, Cyber Monday, Crossover Mac can be had using the promo code PSYCHO75 from their website for €14.75

[XorA]

Only today, Cyber Monday, Crossover Mac can be had using the promo code PSYCHO75 from their website for €14.75

Sweet that's nice!

[Dave]

For a definitive *performance* answer:

I have a MBP M1 Pro. If you install Parallels, then create a VM with Windows 11 for ARM, it will natively run x86 programs through MS's version of Rosetta. Performance will be approximately equal to running it on a current i7 high end laptop.

Parallels costs money, but many people have it already.

[Dave]

Crossover on M1 Macs uses some libraries which run on the Apple's Rosetta 2. However, Crossover is a wrapper for WINE and WINE is not at all optimized for performance, so the overall speed is approximately 1/3rd that of the Parallels/Win11 method. It's also quite..... glitchy graphically.

[mk79]

There will be a working M1 version that doesn't need any additional licenses. Performance is almost the same as on a fast PC laptop, even though it still runs under Rosetta 2 as there is currently no Wine support for ARM binaries.