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Video of Counter-Strike: Source running smoothly under CrossOver Mac

We've written a number of times about CodeWeavers' CrossOver Mac, a WINE-based system that allows certain Windows applications to run under Mac OS X for Intel (at great speed) by way of native DLLs. CodeWeavers offers a 60-day free beta of the application, making it easy take for folks to get a feel for its performance. Those that haven't given it a try may find a recently posted YouTube video interesting (and perhaps even surprising).

User FragTek posted a video of Valve's Counter-Strike: Source, a Windows first-person shooter, running under CrossOver Mac beta on a MacBook Pro from within Mac OS X. Have a look. We think you may be surprised at the smooth framerate.

We're all pretty avid gamers here at Mac On Intel, but booting into Windows via Boot Camp is quite a hassle, and Parallels Desktop isn't suited for gaming, so it's been pretty much Mac-only games for us. (And despite folks' griping, there's a pretty good selection out there!) But this really opens up a whole new world of gaming possibilities for the OS X-entrenched. We're excited!

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