Here is a crossover post from someone whos got a year of posting love under his belt...
Crossover works (with some apps)
For the best integration, use VMware Fusion or parallels. Both are very stable and offer more than enough for trading. I also recomend you bump your mac up to no less than 3GB of memory if you plan to run OS X apps and Windows apps at the same time. while they will run just fine with 1GB ofram, 3GB or more allows OS X to work without using VM so heavily... (meaning your app live in memory and not shared between the HD and memory)
Crossover works (with some apps)
For the best integration, use VMware Fusion or parallels. Both are very stable and offer more than enough for trading. I also recomend you bump your mac up to no less than 3GB of memory if you plan to run OS X apps and Windows apps at the same time. while they will run just fine with 1GB ofram, 3GB or more allows OS X to work without using VM so heavily... (meaning your app live in memory and not shared between the HD and memory)
what was buggy with IB's TWS - I have been using with no problems for just under a year.
Just noticed you said you were running leopard and Ib was buggy - I did not upgrade for just this reason. I read a lot about Java and leopard not playing well together.
Bugs aplenty in latest upgrade using Leopard: not GTC orders, Australian stock orders freeze, PL columns calculate incorrectly .... Spent an hour with IB Tech last night and they said they are aware of an increasing number of problems with Leopard and TWS and have been for a couple weeks. No word on when they will clean it all up. My guess is it could be weeks or months. Hence, my interest in running TWS on Windows (would also like Webex running to view IB webinars, which I can't do on Macs or CrossOver.)
I am amazed by running QT with CrossOver. Do you notice any issue doing so at all?
Quote from opw:
I just thought I might give it a try and it actually works:
Quotetracker running in Mac OS X (no Parallels, no Windows at all) with help of Crossover (built on Wine libraries)
It even connects directly to Interactive Brokers running on directly on the Mac... pretty amazing....
Hardware:
Macbook Pro 17 inch, Mac OS X 10.4.10, Crossover 6.1, 2 GB memory
I actually replied to this last night, but it didnt stick.
I have the pull down menu bug and the sticking "Last price" bug. I have experienced the p/L update bug.
However, I use AB to track my price action. My executions with IB have been flawless. (Thats what matters most to me)
The bid/ask quotes NEVER stick so I am fine. These little "niggles" (to me) are basically non-issue Bugs. (To Me again)
Perhaps it's best to downgrade to 10.4.10 until Apple releases a Java fix. Remember, apple pretty much writies it's own JRE for OS X. Hence why Apple is on 1.5 and the world is on 1.6
If these niggles affected my trading I would complain as you are, but it isnt. The data being streamed is accurate so I am good.
I have the pull down menu bug and the sticking "Last price" bug. I have experienced the p/L update bug.
However, I use AB to track my price action. My executions with IB have been flawless. (Thats what matters most to me)
The bid/ask quotes NEVER stick so I am fine. These little "niggles" (to me) are basically non-issue Bugs. (To Me again)
Perhaps it's best to downgrade to 10.4.10 until Apple releases a Java fix. Remember, apple pretty much writies it's own JRE for OS X. Hence why Apple is on 1.5 and the world is on 1.6
If these niggles affected my trading I would complain as you are, but it isnt. The data being streamed is accurate so I am good.