Apps on Intel Macs

[machobson]

Hey everyone,
I haven't really been able to find anything on this topic. I was wondering if applications that are built for x86 processors will be able to run on Intel Macs. Specifically this game called Xenimus. This game uses DirectX which is a Microsoft technology. So I doubt it but maybe. It is not supported in VPC either. So does anyone know if this game would work on future Intel Macs? Thanks

 

[FredAkbar]

If an app is compiled for Windows/x86, then it'll take more than an Intel proc to run it. Just like a Cocoa app compiled for x86 wouldn't run on Windows, a win32 app compiled for x86 won't run (natively) on an x86 Mac. There will be various ways to run win32 apps on your Mac, such as open-source projects like Darwine, and commercial apps like VPC, but the DirectX requirement makes things trickier. Not all API "emulators" support DirectX.

 

[machobson]

If an app is compiled for Windows/x86, then it'll take more than an Intel proc to run it. Just like a Cocoa app compiled for x86 wouldn't run on Windows, a win32 app compiled for x86 won't run (natively) on an x86 Mac. There will be various ways to run win32 apps on your Mac, such as open-source projects like Darwine, and commercial apps like VPC, but the DirectX requirement makes things trickier. Not all API "emulators" support DirectX.

Thanks for your reply, I understand a bit better now.