The trick is that OS X uses the Quartz engine to do much of the screen drawing and this relies on offloading much of the work to the processor on the video card. Parts of the screen are also done with 3D processing as well.
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?
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NoiseDesign - Nov 01, 2005 3:25:56 pm PST #5366 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Typo Boy - Nov 01, 2005 9:38:58 pm PST #5367 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Don't know how accurate this source is, but comes across as non-crazy, intelligent and knowledgeable. According to it Sony's copy protetction schemes for it's CDS install spyware on your system - with all sorts of traps to prevent removal. Sony has or is about to release an uninstall procedure now that it is made public. [link]
billytea - Nov 01, 2005 11:33:36 pm PST #5368 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, crap. The problem I'm having with pop-ups and sign-ins has returned. To recap: When I try to access pretty much anything that requires me to sign in (not this site, I'm signed in automatically), I get the 'screen could not be displayed' page. The problem disappeared previously when I turned off IE SP2's pop-up blocker. Now it's off, but the problem's back.
I've tried installing Firefox, but when I try to start it I get a message saying "The connection was refused when attempting to contact [insert website here]".
Anyone have any ideas on what it might be? Thanks.
Gudanov - Nov 02, 2005 2:36:42 am PST #5369 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
My guess with Firefox is that there is a proxy that needs to be setup. Try gooing to Tools->Options... on the menu. Then go to the "General" Options (but I think that is where you will end up by default), and click on "Connection Settings". Try telling it to auto-detect the proxy settings and press ok.
I've never had to set up proxies on Firefox, so I'm not sure how well the auto-detect stuff works.
Dunno if it that is the problem, but it's the first thing that came to mind.
Gudanov - Nov 02, 2005 2:38:04 am PST #5370 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
I've got OS X 10.0.4 running on my Mac now and it's not too bad performance-wise. Now I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of 10.2 without spending much money.
§ ita § - Nov 02, 2005 4:26:39 am PST #5371 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I don't want to go with MS Office for OS X, what are my compatible and cheaper options?
amych - Nov 02, 2005 4:30:40 am PST #5372 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Which office components do you need? I'm a big fan of iWork, which handles Word and PPT files perfectly, but it doesn't have a spreadsheet program. You can use OpenOffice for that (or indeed for the whole package), although it's not as pretty or easy.
flea - Nov 02, 2005 4:33:14 am PST #5373 of 10003
information libertarian
mr. flea likes OpenOffice.
DXMachina - Nov 02, 2005 4:34:00 am PST #5374 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
What about carrots?
§ ita § - Nov 02, 2005 4:34:11 am PST #5375 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Word and Excel are going to be the two important parts of making my Powerbook more than a recreational machine. OpenOffice, you say? Let me google.