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This article is from the WINE WINdows Emulator FAQ, by Dave Gardner dagar@ix.netcom.com with numerous contributions by others.

2.3: Will MS Windows programs typically run faster or slower under UNIX and Wine than they do under DOS and MS Windows? Will certain kinds of programs run slower or faster?

When work on Wine is completed, programs should typically run at about the
same speed under Wine as they do under DOS and MS Windows. Currently,
there are debugging features built into each release, and this slows down
the execution of programs. However, these debugging features will be
removed for any post-development releases.

 

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