Dashboard Ripple

unremarkableunremarkable
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in macOS edited January 2014
I don't have one. Is my iBook, bought last year, not high enough spec, or am I missing something?

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    ripkordripkord Posts: 78member
    the gfx card needs to support core image, so youres probably doesnt, if i read correctly.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    kedakeda Posts: 722member
    I read somewhere that Apple will be expanding the gfx card support in future releases. Is this true?
  • Reply 3 of 7
    ben huebscherben huebscher Posts: 43member
    i have a dual 1.24 GHz G4 with 2 Gigs of RAM and a GeForce4 Ti 4600



    NO RIPPLE EFFECT!!!
  • Reply 4 of 7
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ben Huebscher

    i have a dual 1.24 GHz G4 with 2 Gigs of RAM and a GeForce4 Ti 4600



    NO RIPPLE EFFECT!!!



    the ram and processor have nothing to do with it
  • Reply 5 of 7
    yurivishyurivish Posts: 1member
    Will my Mac Mini have the ripple effect? I have read it won't..



    Some people were complaining about it being annoying after the initial excitement, so maybe it's a good think if it won't work after all.
  • Reply 6 of 7
    pbpb Posts: 4,255member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ipodandimac

    the ram and processor have nothing to do with it



    True. What counts is a programmable GPU. Now Apple has a CPU-fallback feature when there is no such a GPU in the system, but I guess that the ripple effect was too bad on CPU so that they decided to disable it completely when the GPU cannot play it.
  • Reply 7 of 7
    pbpb Posts: 4,255member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by yurivish

    Will my Mac Mini have the ripple effect? I have read it won't..





    You have read correctly. The Radeon 9200 in the Mac mini is not programmable and the ripple effect should be disabled.



    Quote:



    Some people were complaining about it being annoying after the initial excitement, so maybe it's a good think if it won't work after all.



    I think this is just personal preference. Some like it, others don't.
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