On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
> Laptops? I thought we were talking real computer here. lol The shiny > Mac's some my colleagues have only takes special low-profile graphics > cards, can not get an e-sata/USB3 card installed and in order to > install an SSD you have to take the screen apart and cross your > fingers you don't get dust under the glass. > Real computers? I thought that was in the cloud now... ;) > > On Apr 1, 11:46 pm, Viktor Klang <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > You don't own a Mac, do you? > > > > > No, as I generally judge the inside rather than any shiny outside. > > > > Intel Core2 Duo processor > > NVidia GFX > > Seagate HDD > > Kingston DDR2 > > > > Sure looks like the inside of an laptop ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From what I hear the Flash Player on Mac > > > > slower and more crash-prone than on Windows - which is ironic given > > > > that designers, Adobe's core audience, are more likely to use a Mac > > > > than your average user. Adobe's CTO said as much about it being > > > > slower (http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000055-264.html). OS X > > > > has a application crash report features, and Apple claims that Flash > > > > accounts for quite a lot of the crashes. > > > > > Yeah Windows has a similar feature I believe. > > > > > > The Flash evangelist showed rendering vector graphics in pre-release > > > > of Flash Player 10.1 vs HTML 5 canvas. I guess that Flash Player > uses > > > > hardware acceleration where the browser does not, hence the huge > > > > difference. The benchmark situation doesn't strike me as a > particular > > > > typical use of Flash vector graphics (raise your hand if the Flash > > > > ads / grapics you see are bouncing balls), but it shows that the > Flash > > > > Player can be on the same performance level as native programs when > > > > fully using the hardware. Since the benchmark doesn't run much > > > > calculations, the potential disadvantage of Actionscript vs native > > > > code doesn't come into play. > > > > > The point is, using "performs crappy" as an excuse to lock out a piece > > > of technology in use, is an invalid argument. Today it's Flash, > > > tomorrow it's... > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > <javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Viktor Klang > > | "A complex system that works is invariably > > | found to have evolved from a simple system > > | that worked." - John Gall > > > > Akka - the Actor Kernel: Akkasource.org > > Twttr: twitter.com/viktorklang > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Viktor Klang | "A complex system that works is invariably | found to have evolved from a simple system | that worked." - John Gall Akka - the Actor Kernel: Akkasource.org Twttr: twitter.com/viktorklang -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
