I have encountered instances of Wine outperforming Windows at its own game.
It can be run in a nearly bare-bones session, which of course causes a wonderful acceleration. It must be remembered that Wine and Cedega are not emulators; it is the same hardware, we're just running with different software. "Emulator" often refers to a program that simulates a whole other hardware environment for software to run in, while Wine and Cedega basically provide the missing software that an executable application wants.
It can be run in a nearly bare-bones session, which of course causes a wonderful acceleration. It must be remembered that Wine and Cedega are not emulators; it is the same hardware, we're just running with different software. "Emulator" often refers to a program that simulates a whole other hardware environment for software to run in, while Wine and Cedega basically provide the missing software that an executable application wants.