Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 11:30:41 AM, Laurent wrote:
>>
>> Exactly - just read their policy about supporting the "old" ATI
>> chipset in OS X. The installed base of that chip in powerbooks alone
>> (I'm one of them) is huge. And they just dropped it. So any video in
>> OS X sucks ass on that chip.
>>
>> But hey, isn't this really NEW mac "incredibly cool?"
> Check <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=122010>. Here is an
> excerpt:
> "Application Improvements:
> - Increased stability of Mail and Sherlock.
> - Emails are properly retained when rebuilding the Draft mailbox.
> - Support for 2D and QuickTime hardware acceleration for Rage Pro.
> [...]"
> So, apparently, Apple hasn't given up yet on the old chipset...
That's just the Rage Pro - LT not included (wall street, lombard). Go
here to see what they say:
http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?type=id&val=106154
WHat's interseting is that the verbiage which now reads further dev
will be "investigated" used to read as follows:
"Use the latest version of Mac OS X for best overall performance and
feature set. Further Mac OS X support for the graphic accelerator
chipsets listed above is not planned."
These include the ATI RAGE II+, ATI RAGE IIc, ATI RAGE Pro, ATI RAGE
Pro Turbo, ATI RAGE LT Pro and ATI RAGE Mobility. You can actually
read the information about this here:
http://www.insanely-great.com/news/01/1303.html
The point is that they dumped on 4-6 million users by not enabling
hardware acceleration under X - and then changed their tune only when
a lot of noise was made. It's not the first time Apple has abandoned
users, either.
Point is, business is business, and if you start attaching some kind
of higher goal to a major corporation, you will be dissapointed.
b
Bradford Schmidt
http://www.bradfordschmidt.com
mailto:brad_at_bradfordschmidt.com
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