CrossOver Mac 7.0 adds support for MS Office 2007, newer versions of Quicken, more
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jun 17, 2008 at 9:02am
CodeWeavers, a developer of software products that transforms Mac OS X and Linux into Windows-compatible operating systems, has released CrossOver Mac 7.0.
It includes support for Microsoft Office 2007 (including Outlook 2007), newer versions of Quicken, and the Adobe CS and CS2 line of products, particularly Photoshop. CrossOver Mac 7.0 also includes many of the elements of the hotly anticipated release of Wine 1.0, which was also released today. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API (application programming interface) on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix.
“CrossOver 7.0 contains many of the fixes that Wine 1.0 has, and will give users a great taste of what of the new version of Wine is capable of,” says CodeWeavers CEO Jeremy White. “We really feel that 1.0 will be a major step toward making Wine an application that will run all windows applications, and we’re excited for its release. One of the areas of greatest enhancement in Wine lies in its significantly enhanced support for ActiveX controls within Internet Explorer. A recurring theme we hear is the ability to use CrossOver to access Active-X intensive webpages. This upgrade takes a giant step forward by expanding the web sites that can be used on a Linux or Mac system.”
With this release, CrossOver Mac will now be offered in two versions—Standard and Pro. The Professional version features a longer support period, as well as a complimentary copy of CodeWeavers’ CrossOver Games, a recently released application that runs many Windows games such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, EVE Online, Call of Duty 2, Team Fortress 2, and most Steam games.
CrossOver Mac Standard is priced at US$39.95, and is a download-only product. CrossOver Mac Pro is priced at $69.95, and can be delivered with an optional CD.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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