Re: [NTLK] [OT] NCU-like software native MacOS X: what prevents it

From: Michael J. Hußmann (michael_at_michael-hussmann.de)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2002 - 14:27:36 EST

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Eckhart Koeppen (eck1000_at_gmx.net) wrote:

> But seriously, I think that the 2D imaging model of Quartz is a big step
> forward from the simple schemes of event-driven display models like X
> and Windows with their refresh-on-demand. Surely, it does put a lot of
> load on the CPU and the memory (a pixel on the screen does not belong to
> one application at a time anymore but is the outcome of blending the all
> stacked windows together), but I think it is worth it.

Who needs this, and for what?

- Michael

Michael J. Hussmann

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