Crossover Mac/Linux/Games free tomorrow

[grawk]

Codeweavers says cheap gas = free software tomorrow - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Press Releases - CODEWEAVERS' SOFTWARE FREE FOR DOWNLOAD THANKS TO GEORGE W. BUSH AND FALLING GAS PRICES Giveaway Triggered in CodeWeaver's Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge; "We take full responsibility for global economic collapse," s

[Pars]

Damn... too bad my Mac is a G5 (well, not really as I still like it alot )

[grawk]

download it anyway, you may upgrade later

[Pars]

Originally Posted by grawk

download it anyway, you may updowngrade later

FTFY... good idea tho, might have to do that

[blessingx]

Thanks for the link grawk.

[grawk]

G5 to intel mac most definitely isn't a downgrade

[ojnihs]

sweet, downloaded mine. thanks grawk

[n_maher]

Tried to register, it's been an hour and still no email from them. I'm guessing they've fully overloaded and crashed now.

[grawk]

check http://lameduck.codeweavers.com/free/ They got overloaded, so they've changed the process a bit, and extended it through the end of the month.

[n_maher]

I tried a different email address and the email came through this time.

[GPH]

Thanks for the link grawk. No real need for it since I already have Windows XP on a separate partition, but you can't refuse freebies like that.

[grawk]

The memory footprint is a LOT smaller

[Knuckledragger]

I downloaded both CrossOver and CrossOver Games last night, before the rush got really serious. CrossOver registered immediately, but as of yet, I haven't been able to get the Games version to reg. It complains about a corrupted download. I'm not sure if this is the file I have, or some problem it is having with the CodeWeavers server.

[EdipisReks]

i got CrossOver last night as well, and it took about half an hour to register. pretty funny. i'll never buy anything from them (the manifesto just screams ignorant shithead, regardless of your political ideology [well, except idiocy, i guess]), but i'll take their free software.

[Knuckledragger]

I am sad that Crossover Games cannot run Supreme Commander.

[EdipisReks]

but are you surprised?

[Knuckledragger]

Not really, SupCom is hugely resource intensive. I beat both SupCom and SC:FA on my poor PC and the later boards of Forged Alliance were essentially "turn based" for me. I'd pause the game, suss out the situation, give my units orders, then unpause and watch the action unfold at 2-3FPS. This was at the lowest possible detail setting. The thing is, in my advanced years, very few video games interest me. I was obsessed with Total Annihilation back in the day. SupCom, being the spiritual success of TA, was the one game that captivated me last year. I'm probably in the clear for future video game addictions untill Fallout 3 and StarCraft 2 come out.

[Knuckledragger]

I should also note that it looks like CodeWeavers have upgraded CrossOver since last night, from 7.1.0 to 7.1.1. I'm trying the new version now.

[ingwe]

This is great. Thanks Grawk.

[ojnihs]

well i got the serial number and registered with codeweavers and everything, downloaded the demoes, and couldn't register them for the life of me. ended up deleting the demoes and just downloading the unlocked versions they put up after the server went kapoot.