I asked this question shortly after I started using CrossOver Mac, mainly because I expected the CrossTie to present me with a Win8 (or Win7) bottle, not a WinXP bottle.
I looked for my original question, but I believe I asked it a couple of years ago. I believe the website has been overhauled since then, so maybe my original post is gone...
At the time I asked the question, I was told that the fact that the CrossTie used a WinXP bottle didn't matter.
Fast forward to present & after employing the CrossTie to install Quicken 2016 (into an XP bottle), I'm trying to apply the R8 patch. CrossOver wants to build a new bottle, lists my existing (XP) bottle in a group that's labeled incompatible.
So......
Whether the forum guidance that I was given earlier was right or wrong (that there isn't a difference between a WinXP bottle & a Win7 bottle), CrossOver support seems to believe that there is a difference & that the difference is substantial enough that they want a new bottle instead of installing a patch into the old (XP) bottle.
So, back to the question that I asked a couple of years ago.....
What is the difference between bottle versions? Furthermore, why do I want to install a bottle using a Win version that's got one foot on a banana peel & one in the grave (Win7 is next on the MS deprecation list)?
i.e. Why is the CrossTie NOT written for a Win10 bottle?