APPLE SNOW LEOPARD SUPPORT CPU UPDATE

APPLE SNOW LEOPARD SUPPORT CPU UPDATE

Dropping the old APIs in favor of Cocao could make things a lot easier for Apple.Īll that being said I'd much prefer update periods between 18 - 24 months. If true it would appear that moving to RI could coincide with a more accelerated graphics environment. It is interesting that I've heard more than once that Quartz makes mote use of the iPhones GPU than does Mac OS/X. Even then I think it will be tough especially if they incorporate more acceleration into Quartz. To do so they would need to completely drop some of the legacy crap (carbon) and focus just on RI. However speculation is always fun so I'm going to say it might be possible. Could they do RI and completely get rid of Carbon in the next 12 months?Ī good question but one I can't answer. Now that some major core changes have been set in place but have yet to be used at this point, perhaps we?ll actually see the next OS X update sooner than later. Let's just be kind and say it is a limited solution. The only solution Apple has right now is Universal Access which I'm assuming you have looked into. That is an if too because I don't know what Apple has planned for the next release. I hate to say it but it is likely to be another 18 months before resolution independence hits. In any event I Suspect that Apple really needed to get the technology in Snow Leopard in place before they started to overhaul Cocao and bring resolution independence to Quartz. Mac OS/X is not Windows and grew out of a totally different development path. However I'm not sure where some of your expectations come from. I'm at that point in life where every eye exam is bad news.

DO THEY REALLY THINK THAT ANYONE WHO HAS TROUBLE READING THE FONTS USED FOR MENUS OUGHT TO COMPENSATE BY CHANGING THE SCREEN RESOLUTION? WHY DO THEY WANT TO PROHIBIT ME FROM DISABLING FONT SMOOTHING FOR FONT SIZES LARGER THAN 12?Īs to the issue of reading the screen do understand I understand your plight.

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