alan Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 OK...my last chain keeping me to windows is Quicken Home & Business 2006. I offer the bidding to start at $200 to get this version of Quicken running from within OSX86. Not a seperate boot. I am not interested in that. Darwine, Qemu or any combo of Qemu/Windows/Linux/Wine is fine, but it must still run from within OSX. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12708-quicken-contest/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesley Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Running a Windows application like a Mac app is essentially achieved by Darwine, where the application runs in its own window and no Windows OS is involved. It's different from virtualization/emulation environment like QEMU, where you need to install a whole Windows OS into it and then run the app inside. By excluding Darwine out of the possibility, you're implying that you would like to have Quicken Home & Business 2006 PORTED to Mac so it is a native Mac app. Well, you might as well go ask the maker, Intuit, for that. The app is a CLOSED-SOURCE and COMMERCIAL software. Even if you bid $20,000, no one will be able to port it, outside of Intuit. Incidentally, there's a Mac version of Quicken 2006 available, but I'm assuming that the featureset that it offers lacks your requirements because you're looking specifically for 'Home & Business' edition. Still, you might want to check to see if you can do without some of the features. Quicken for Mac is a real product and is available for much cheaper than $200. It also comes bundled with a real Mac. Meanwhile, when I moved from Windows to Mac, I moved my Microsoft Money data to Quicken (more than a decade of data!) so MSMoney doesn't keep me running Windows. The process was excruciatingly painful but after all that's done I've been just running Quicken for Mac ever since. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12708-quicken-contest/#findComment-80534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 Read the post again bro.. Running a Windows application like a Mac app is essentially achieved by Darwine, where the application runs in its own window and no Windows OS is involved. It's different from virtualization/emulation environment like QEMU, where you need to install a whole Windows OS into it and then run the app inside. By excluding Darwine out of the possibility, you're implying that you would like to have Quicken Home & Business 2006 PORTED to Mac so it is a native Mac app. Well, you might as well go ask the maker, Intuit, for that. The app is a CLOSED-SOURCE and COMMERCIAL software. Even if you bid $20,000, no one will be able to port it, outside of Intuit. Incidentally, there's a Mac version of Quicken 2006 available, but I'm assuming that the featureset that it offers lacks your requirements because you're looking specifically for 'Home & Business' edition. Still, you might want to check to see if you can do without some of the features. Quicken for Mac is a real product and is available for much cheaper than $200. It also comes bundled with a real Mac. Meanwhile, when I moved from Windows to Mac, I moved my Microsoft Money data to Quicken (more than a decade of data!) so MSMoney doesn't keep me running Windows. The process was excruciatingly painful but after all that's done I've been just running Quicken for Mac ever since. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12708-quicken-contest/#findComment-80546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesley Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 AHHAHA I must've been sleepy. Gotcha, alan. I misread the last sentence and thought of it the opposite way. Okay, I don't think Darwine is going to be up to the task at this moment, so it might as well be tackled via virtualization/emulation. The problem is that last time I heard, Quicken didn't work so well in Q. Still, it's improving. Have you tested it with 0.8.0d871? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12708-quicken-contest/#findComment-80719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 I tried the latest Q ith WinXP SP1...I got it install but Quicken didnt work. I am having problem getting Win98 install stable. I am downloading Fedora now and think of Fedora with CrossOver Office running in Q. I know Quicken works in CrossOver Office. Isnt wierd how CodeWeavers has been silent since August about CrossOver OSX? By now ever developer has made announcements since MacIntet release. Makes me think something is brewing. AHHAHA I must've been sleepy. Gotcha, alan. I misread the last sentence and thought of it the opposite way. Okay, I don't think Darwine is going to be up to the task at this moment, so it might as well be tackled via virtualization/emulation. The problem is that last time I heard, Quicken didn't work so well in Q. Still, it's improving. Have you tested it with 0.8.0d871? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12708-quicken-contest/#findComment-80724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesley Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 My stable Windows installation in Q is Windows 98 SE. What sort of problem are you facing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12708-quicken-contest/#findComment-80747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 My stable Windows installation in Q is Windows 98 SE. What sort of problem are you facing? I got 98 working in Q and Quicken is now working. ROCKS. case closed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12708-quicken-contest/#findComment-81125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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