Duncan McQueen

Try www.winehq.com. That is the open source product that codeweavers
was based on. I have MetaTrader running under it on Linux - so it may
work for you.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Charles Wilkes <cfw123 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Now that I have my new IMac running with a little more knowledge on my part
> (read some books on how to convert to a Mac from a PC), I really (repeat
> "really") like it -- my son was absolutely correct in making the switch.
> As a retired IBM Researcher, I had raised him on PCs (he is now an MD), but
> now he has converted me to the Mac -- never thought it would happen.
>
> The Mac is based on Linux, which was it's origin in history. Wine was a
> way to run Windows on Linux, which once Mac went to the Intel processor,
> became possible to use to run "some" PC applications direct on a Mac without
> an emulator, dual boot, or whatever. This interests me very much since the
> only PC application I will be running is MT4, as I will have Mac
> applications covering everything else I do, which is mostly email anyway.
> But Wine was produced by CodeWeavers, which at least used to be at
> www.codeweavers.com and is still reported to be at that site by Google.
> However it just won't come up on the Internet, and I wonder if they are
> still in business.
>
> Does anyone here know if they still exist? I would sure like to check out
> MT4 on Wine, as it would be a big help in my total conversion to Mac.
> Since you say MT4 should run on Linux (server problem but not client
> problem?), there is a real possibility that it would run under Wine -- if I
> could find it, or get a copy of it (I always pay for software if it is for
> sale -- I don't run bootleg software). I know I could run PC
> programs under a VM virtual machine, or via a dual boot, but would prefer to
> go totally on the Mac if possible, reserving running real PC code only if no
> other choice.
>
> Charles Wilkes
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Eben Brand <eben.brand (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Charles,
>>
>> Not sure if it's been said before, but you can also run Windows in a
>> Virtual
>> Machine on Mac OS. I am considering something like that for when I finally
>> go live, except it will be on Linux on Normal PC Intel platform - Linux to
>> give me security while connected to the internet, as well as stability,
>> and
>> then a virtual machine with XP, with Metatrader on XP. Would be
>> interesting
>> to see if anybody else has attempted this - theoretically it should work.
>>
>> I see on another list that some people are running simple EAs on MT client
>> directly on Linux, within Wine, but seemingly there are also some issues,
>> some ppl have found, although it seems to relate to MT server, not client.
>> It's worth a shot getting off MS Oss... I have a rule that I don't want to
>> run anything mission critical on a Windows platform - just not solid
>> enough,
>> I mean, for example - I set up my machines to let me know when there are
>> updates - I then control WHEN and HOW I download and install, AND which
>> updates. One day I got home, the PC was on, but none of my terminals were
>> running - I also then saw that what Bill thought was a CRITICAL update,
>> was
>> worth re-booting my machine for... without my knowledge, or approval. That
>> really annoyed me. I know, I can add the terminal shortcuts to the startup
>> folder, but still - it could affect a few trades if the system is down for
>> some time, esp some of the scalping type EAs.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Eben
>>
>> From: 4XONTARIO (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com [mailto:4XONTARIO (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Charles Wilkes
>> Sent: 23 July 2008 03:50 PM
>> To: 4XONTARIO (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
>> Subject: Re: [4XONTARIO] Queston re MT4
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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