Multiple 'containers' all running on one host OS only need to burn the drive space and RAM to run the host instance of the OS. There are technologies to reduce this like linked clones and RAM deduplication, but they are limited by the hypervisor not necessarily knowing what you're doing in the guest.

If you have 50 VMs on a host, guess what: you burn 50X and 50Y. An OS consumes X disk space and Y RAM just to start. The same fundamental drive is behind the Docker craze, which is driving some truly unfortunate development in the Linux world such as systemd. This kind of thing lets you reduce your RAM consumption because you don't need to run all of Windows to get at your application. People complain that the new MacBook Pro 'isn't a Pro machine' because it's limited to 16 GB of RAM. Could someone please enlighten me?Ĭrossover has dramatically less overhead than running a whole other operating system in a full virtual machine. I just don't see the point of it for Mac. I've been a Linux admin for years and embraced Crossover on Linux many years ago. yeah, I could see it, but why on the Mac?Īlso, the title of the article says 'CrossOver 16 adds Microsoft Office 2013 & 64-bit application virtualization' what does this 'virtualization' gain you over just using Fusion or Parallels and integrating the native Windows app into your menu bar and app tray? Don't get me wrong. ' then I'm really lost as to why anyone would pay for this on Mac. But Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook all exist natively on MacOS now either through Office 365 or enterprise volume license so why put another layer in between? And if '. Microsoft Project 2013, Visio 2013, and Outlook 2013 are not yet supported.

if you have an Office 365 subscription and/or software license why would you go the kludgy reverse-engineered route to install something you can just install natively? I can see it for Visio or Project since MS doesn't make it available for the Mac. '. either though a software license, or through an Office 365 subscription.

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