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Hey everyone,

Codeweavers (www.codeweavers.com) have issued a press release stating that CrossOver Mac/Games/Linux will each be free for one day (Tuesday 28th October).

See the Press Release for further details.


Personally I'm going to give this a go so I can finally finish those games I've been putting off because I hate rebooting.

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Old 28th October 2008, 11:07 AM
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I'm guessing this is based on US times?


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Hey everyone,

Codeweavers (www.codeweavers.com) have issued a press release stating that CrossOver Mac/Games/Linux will each be free for one day (Tuesday 28th October).

See the Press Release for further details.


Personally I'm going to give this a go so I can finally finish those games I've been putting off because I hate rebooting.
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Tuesday midnight CST to Wednesday midnight CST I believe.
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Will it be tomorrow starting from 12am, our time?
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I don't think so. CST is GMT -6 and OZ(EDT) is GMT+11, so, 12 AM Tuesday would be 5 PM Wednesday here (it only one hour more than PDT for those of us that read webcomics)
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Perhaps it would be a good idea to put this on the front page so people are aware of it? I mean, it is only for one day.
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Yep active now already signed up.
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What makes CrossOver different from Parallels and VMware?
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What makes CrossOver different from Parallels and VMware?
Runs the Windows application (if compatible) without the need for the Windows OS to be installed (thus no Windows license needed)
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What makes CrossOver different from Parallels and VMware?
it's free today
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hm registered but haven't got the email yet. how long did it take everyone else?
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Still waiting, though after I registered, I closed the browser tab, then went back and noticed I was logged in.

They let you download the demo which you can unlock to the full version once the e-mail comes through.

I tried installing Steam but will probably need to wait until I get home as it fails during the MSXML download and install.
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I believe it also lets you run applications requiring direct x, which VMWare does not? I would like to stand corrected on that one
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Installed it, waiting to see if they've made any improvements over the last time I tried it.

(and it sucked hard).
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So it's not just limited to Americans ... (as the spiel hinted)
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hm, I have a feeling it's to do with free email accounts. I entered my gmail account and still have received no email, so I did it again using my work email and got it straight away. Maybe try a non free, or ISP based email account if you have one.
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