Posts by mrpiddly

Sunspider on 10.6 if anyone is interested: Safari 5: 295.8ms +/- 0.8% Chrome 5: 337.8ms +/- 2.6% No WebGL even though it has been in webkit for a while.

Web development, despite progress, still sucks and cannot be fixed with frameworks and more abstraction.

Quote: Originally Posted by cdyates Add Epic to that list and we're all good. Unreal engine is used in a lot of good shooters. I remember hearing a lot about unreal 3 on the Mac a year or two ago, since then everything seems to have...

Quote: Originally Posted by mstone So then all of the Flash haters will quieting go out and purchase the dreaded Adobe product because Obj C was too difficult to learn - but Flash has made it easy to write IpHone apps with the next...

Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 Those are probably the same ones who are not, and probably will never be part of the Premium end of the market. $400-$700 Dell victims need not apply. It is odd to me that you equate the cost...

What some people seem to overlook is that the uninformed, most consumers, will not understand these differences. To them, these ads are reasonable.

Am I missing something, or are no "pro" graphics cards offered by apple with this update? That's a major downgrade from the last release. (cards still might be avalible through nvidia) ***

Quote: Originally Posted by Haggar Still waiting for SLI and Crossfire support. Every time someone points out that 2 high end Nvidia Geforce 9000 series cards running SLI could outperform a single Quadro card and cost much less, some...

Quote: Originally Posted by min_t 42-60in screen is optimal. It would make Spaces obsolete. I am much less concerned with display size than I am with display resolution. Current 30 inch monitors usually feature a max resolution of...

Quote: Originally Posted by SmilinGoat without everyone else. every time they release a new color for the iPod for instance it sells like crazy, people want color. I recall there being 57 different colour schemes and special editions...