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Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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CHAPTER 27 WORKING WITH MICR<strong>OS</strong>OFT WINDOWS AND OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS 521<br />

NOTE The ease of use claim is made specifically for the commercial CrossOver product. Wine<br />

requires some work to get up and running, and it isn’t as easy to use once it’s set up either (but<br />

it is free and does work).<br />

That said, it has some significant disadvantages. The biggest one is that not all Windows<br />

apps will work with CrossOver, and some that do exhibit some significant bugs. So if you need<br />

to run one or two Windows applications that are supported by CrossOver (or Wine), then this is<br />

a good way to go; if, however, you need to run a wide range of Windows applications, one of the<br />

other solutions is likely a better option.<br />

Accessing a Windows Computer Remotely<br />

Another, very different way of using Windows on your <strong>Mac</strong> is to actually connect to another<br />

computer running Windows using Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection (RDC). With RDC<br />

(available for free from www.microsoft.com/mac/), you can actually use a remote Windows computer<br />

from your <strong>Mac</strong> as if you were sitting right in front of it (Figure 27-4).<br />

Figure 27-4. Windows computer accessible from a <strong>Mac</strong> using RDC

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