I like Crossover, but...
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| jacog Jun 27, 2012 9:26 AM EDT |
Ya know what's more cost-effective? Just run Microsoft Windows. Seriously, Crossover is absurdly expensive. |
| Steven_Rosenber Jun 27, 2012 10:24 AM EDT |
I thought they priced it at more $30, less $60, but I was wrong. Bordeaux is now going for something like $6. Or you could install wine and winetricks for $0. |
| jdixon Jun 27, 2012 12:41 PM EDT |
> Seriously, Crossover is absurdly expensive. Eh? $40 is expensive? That's the price with one month of email support. The one year email support option is $60. I got their free download they were giving out a couple of years ago now, but I've never needed to use it, so I've never bothered to upgrade to a later version. And if you want it for free just sign up to be an advocate for them and help support your favorite games/applications. http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/faq/advocate_overvi... |
| jacog Jun 27, 2012 2:08 PM EDT |
jdixon - yes it is absurdly expensive, considering one has to pay for it again with every update. I understand that keeping it up to date costs money, but there must be other business models for them to follow. Compare 5 years of using Crossover with 5 years of just running the MS OS whose software you are trying to run. |
| jdixon Jun 27, 2012 2:48 PM EDT |
> jdixon - yes it is absurdly expensive, considering one has to pay for it again with every update. While I agree with the general complaint (there's a reason I prefer FOSS), there are a couple of details countering that argument. 1) The $60 price includes updates for the year. 2) My wife has kept her copy up to date. Every few months before her support is due to expire they'll offer her a discounted extension, usually half price. It's not as bad as the $60 for a year makes it sound. And please note that historically that version of Windows you're talking about has only been supported for 5 hears or so. The extended support time for 98/ME and then XP are anomalies, not the norm. If Windows 7 follows the more normal pattern, that means the $180 (NewEgg's current price for the non-OEM version) copy of Windows 7 Home Premium works out to be over $30/year. Only nominally better than the $40 for the low support version of Crossover. I agree that Crossover isn't really cost effective for your average user, who is better off simply running Wine, but it's not unreasonably expensive either. |
| Jeff91 Jun 27, 2012 3:40 PM EDT |
"considering one has to pay for it again with every update" This isn't true. You pay for one year of support and you get all updates during that year for free. Not to mention that these guys are the lead contributors to the Wine project - meaning you are supporting Wine in general by supporting them. Plus my time is worth something - meaning I don't have to reboot into Windows to play my games and I don't have to spend time tinkering with Wine to make that game work. To each their own though - Linux is all about choice. And then as a small shameless plug at the end here... Bodhi users can get Crossover at a discounted rate from the Bodhi App Center! ~Jeff |
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