> Well, the greatest performance boost from Jag comes from Quartz Extreme, > which means you'll need 32mb or better VRAM and a modern OGL chipset to > run it.
I'm not discounting it- but to say it is the biggest performance boost is really pushing it. It is a big deal- but it really only helps with compositing via the window layer. A lot of stuff still has to be done by the CPU, which thank god will be a lot faster in jaguar. The window manager still has to calculate lots and lots- but some of the really nasty stuff, compositing translucent drop shadows when you switch apps or resize a window or drop down a long menu item are at least 50% faster. Seriously, I don't think most people realize just how poor the underlying tech is optimized right now in OSX. It's atrocious. I've talked with hubbard and I have the greatest respect in him for taking that project on- it's huge. Really, OSX right now works- but things are glued together very poorly and in some cases just plain hacked. Over the last year and a half apple has been working very hard on getting PPC optimizations into the GCC 3.0 compiler... Which is a big deal. Why? Because the entire underpinning of OSX is based on a cross platform compiler (good) that is optimized for INTEL processors (bad). Jaguar will be a huge step in cutting down latency, threading and just general code funk problems. The step =after= jaguar will be the one to really watch. But at least with shagwuar I'll be able to use two firewire drives at the same time without causing a kernel panic. :) Michael Bryan Bell ------------------ ICQ: 16106263 Yahoo: mhbell1 No Link for you! AIM: drunkenbatman -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
