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Originally Posted by Glaedrin
Um are you calling the effects that Linux does have not eye-candy? Just because it can render them more efficiently on OpenGL than Windows can with DX 10 dose not mean they aren't there...?
Before you go on with your ignorance on this subject try reading this very well written article and watch the vid, it will probably blow your mind.
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oh my god. READ what I wrote. I said "with the exception of a few linux desktop OSs, ie Ubuntu". A desktop OS would certainly use eye candy and I'm more than familiar with Compiz, I've been using it since XGL desktops were in their infancy. You might want to have a look at some of my earlier postings in the desktop thread.
MOST linux distros are meant for servers though. People usually won't even use GUIs on the server versions. Hence, less resources required.
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Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart
its all aload of bs if you ask me, XP can run Dx10, and theres no reason it would need a massive change to the os, just backport Dx10 to XP, we don't need the memory virtualisation or any of the TDR Bs, just the effects...
i still can't believe people buy MS's bs so easily.
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Vista's differences become apparent with heavier use. There's more to it than just eye candy. (although the eye candy is nice). There's more to the OS than what you're saying. This is just lame bandwagon MS hating.
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Originally Posted by Coolsvilleman
Vista is ok. But you really need a beefy computer or it will be pretty useless.
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Another Vista myth. We had Vista running on a bench on a P4 2.8 and 512MB of ram and a mediocre video card. We were even playing WoW on it. Took a little longer for things to load, but it ran fine.
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Last edited by Spyhop; July 20th, 2008 at 17:53..
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