So I cannot guarantee that this will work for you. Wine is finicky, and certain Windows programs won't run properly in it. Theoretically, it could be faster than running the programs in Windows with Boot Camp, but this is usually not the case (actually, it tends to be slightly slower). It is faster and much more convenient than a VM. It also runs on other Unix-based OSs on any Intel PC.
That is, the Windows OS itself is not involved. What is Wine? Wine allows Intel Macs to run Windows programs in Mac OS X without a virtual machine.
