Microsoft Office 2003 Forum

Personal computer with an Intel Pentium 233-MHz or faster processor but a 450-MHz or faster processor is recommended, also 128 MB of RAM but 256 MB of RAM is recommended. The installation takes up a minimum of 400MB of Hard Drive space. The biggest downfall of the current Wine Project is that it is based on the Windows 9X platform. Microsoft quit supporting the 9X platform and every new software package after 2000 will require Microsoft Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows XP, or later.
With the 2.1 version of CrossOver Office I currently own (Emulating Windows 98) I will not be able to continue testing. If I obtain a copy of the 3.X CrossOver Office I may be able to turn this product into a useable Office Suite.

-Jason

Hey Jason,

The whole challenge with Office 2003 (and the reason it's taking
a while) is that we have to essentially shift Wine to
a Windows 2000 level of compatibility (Office 2003
only runs on Win2K+).

But once that's done (it's one of our current priorities),
Wine will have Win2K as it's base level OS, which should
stand us in good stead in many places.

Cheers,

Jeremy

I can't wait for it to come out, as I need access to work for school. Also do you ever see .net applications working by the end of this year?

Dear Jeremy,

I am glad to hear that moving Wine to Win2K is underway. If I can help with any testing, please feel free to ask. I have Office 2003 and crossover 3.1.0beta2 (currently) intsalled on Slackware 9.1. Needless to say that Office 2003 didn'r install with 3.1.0beta2.

Best,
Sandy

Any progress on the win2k compatibility?