Can You Run IE6 with Active-X Natively on a Macbook?

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Running Internet Explorer 6 with Active-X natively on a MacBook is challenging due to compatibility issues with macOS. While Parallels allows users to run Windows XP and IE6 virtually, attempts to use Darwine or Crossover for this purpose have proven unsuccessful. Active-X functionality is particularly problematic outside of a Microsoft environment, making it difficult to achieve the desired setup. Ultimately, the most reliable solution remains to run Windows XP in a virtual machine. Users seeking to use IE6 with Active-X should consider this approach for better compatibility.
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I have recently changed my world view and bought a Macbook (on Intel)

Im not a Mac bigot nor will I ever be, however I am happy with my new laptop, its really fast, the hardware/cost is good and OSx is a good OS. (I like the opensource feel, dawrin ports etc)

Anyway, I have a small question for any OSx buffs out there, I would like to run IE6 with Active-X Natively. I have Parallels installed and could boot XP and run IE that way (virtually). But I have been reading up on Darwine and seemingly you can run M$ apps within a Darwin environment. Anybody got any experience with this?

I need Active-x running too, which I *think* might be rather difficult within OSX
 
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For anyone who is interested, active-x just aint going to work outside of an M$ environment. I tried a multitude of things from darwine, to crossover. Eventually I just loaded up xp virtually.
 
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