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What minimum CPU must I have in my computer to be able to run Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?

April 26, 2017able applications Computer CPU minimum MS run smoothly Windows Wine

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What minimum CPU must I have in my computer to be able to run Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?

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We need to differentiate between Wine and Winelib here. Wine won’t run on any x86 CPU less than an 80386 due to address management limitations. It is known to also work in the 80486 and upwards compatible CPUs. The basic test is, if you can run X11 now, you should be able to run Wine and MS Windows applications under it. As always, the faster your CPU, the better. Having a math coprocessor is unimportant. However, having a graphics accelerated video card supported by X will help greatly. Depending on your application you may find that faster speeds are required for sensible use. We can’t give specific advice on that due to the vast range of applications out there. However the rule of thumb is that if your application runs fine on Windows, it should run fine on the same platform in Wine.