Wine for Mac (originally an acronym for ' Wine Is Not an Emulator') is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop. Note: this listing is for the official release of Wine, which only provides source code. If you want a version of Wine that is packaged specifically for OS X, then use!
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To run it on another platform you will need a Windows partition (such as Boot Camp), a Windows emulator (such as VMware Fusion or Parallels), or a 'compatibility layer' such as Wine. Boot Camp and the emulators work best: Wine does not allow full functionality (such as calling Excel from within UCINET, or using shortcut keys) but it is free. Here are instructions for running UCINET with Wine. Wine Reviews has release information and reviews of Windows applications and games running on Linux Mac OS X and Android using Wine from WineHQ.org Q4Wine PlayOnLinux PlayOnMac WineBottler WineSkin WineTricks and Wine-Staging. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix.