id Software alive and feeding the underdogs (Mac OS X)
I guess I'm a fan of id Software. Steve Jobs used to snob games but now he invites John Carmack at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2007 ! It's nice to know that id Software keeps supporting the underdogs (the Mac in this case, but also OpenGL from a while ago).
From the technological point of view, I like the 20GB of textures concept. That means that they rely on compression. Also the collaborative framework concept is nice... this is actually stuff very close to my research. I can't say more, but I think that id Software is right on target.
You are still on time to catch up with DSP and compression technologies. Forget the shaders ;)
As a side note. Recently my Vaio SZ has been activng screwy. I also saw that finally there are Windows emus for Mac that can run AutoCAD. This is great news for me as I can probably try push a Mac on my AutoCAD-dependent sister.
Perhaps this way I will avoid a lot of frustrations in trying to fix her PC remotely.
Sony Vaio SZ is sexy.. but god forbid trying to install the non-Japanese on your own. I did it for my sister, it was a dreadful experience, and to this date I'm still afraid to try to upgrade her drivers, let alone tell her how to do it (I don't remember it myself !).
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I'm still an OpenGL loyalist ... and as soon as OpenGL v2.1 and above get released, I'll have access to the geometry shader tech that Vista ... er ... DX10 offers. No need to upgrade the OS again ... har har har.
Oh.. I thought you'd be on
Oh.. I thought you'd be on Mac by now ;)
BTW it's D3D10 not DX10. Microsoft is slowly and unofficially killing DirectX. But everyone says DirectX, so it maybe one of those cases where the old name sticks around 8)
On a MacBook Pro with a
On a MacBook Pro with a mixture of aluminium and copper heat pipes, when you start running anything using heavily the video card the chances to set your house/office on fire are pretty high.
Ah, and the video card is UNDERCLOCKED by 40% to keep the heat down...
Maybe in 10 years apple will kno how to build intel based notebooks, now they are just too hyped and too badly coled.
Ciaps.
Not quite yet ... :)
I haven't switched yet ... the main reason being that most of the tools and stuff that I use at work are on PC ... I guess it's the chicken vs. egg thing. I have this odd feeling that there will be a new line of Macs coming from Apple in the near future ... 8P
The sooner D3D vanishes, the better. Occasionally, when I remember the term "execution buffers", I start to feel very nervous ... even though they're long gone from the API. 8P
Use hackinto0sh Luke!
You can always install OSX on your existing PC using some hackint0sh power :P This will let you at least evaluate system before you make a mistake and buy real Mac :) In fact... OSX probably will run better on your machine than on Mac you can buy :) Also you can just make your system with dual or even triple or quadruple (XP, Vista, Linux, OSX) boot... or just start other operating systems by VMWare or so... I am happily using OSX now although I see many downsides of it. However there are for example bright sides like much better ports of Linux applications to OSX than to Windows.
Woah?!
It's possible to run OS X on non-Apple hardware?! Hmmmmmmmm............
OpenGL will never outperform
OpenGL will never outperform D3D on PCs, because D3D is written specifically for PCs running windows, while OpenGL needs to drag cross-platform and cross OS compatibility with it.
I don't think PC matters
I don't think PC matters that much.. it's the graphics hardware that matters the most.
Things like how to organize vertex properties, how to implement geometry shaders, etc..
I think it matters a lot.
I think it matters a lot. I've always noticed that CPU speed makes a big difference to graphics performance even if the video card is the same.
Not to mention operating
Not to mention operating systems, endianness, etc etc... the less platforms you have to support the more you can focus on optimizing performance and interface.
Actually I'm curious to see
Actually I'm curious to see what's going to happen when Intel will be shipping those Larrabbee cards which are fully programmable x86 cores. Great programmability, but also a great way to pick a fight with nVidia 8)