Open Graphics Project Status Update (KernelTrap)

Open Graphics Project Status Update (KernelTrap)

Posted Oct 6, 2005 18:31 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
In reply to: Open Graphics Project Status Update (KernelTrap) by sbergman27
Parent article: Open Graphics Project Status Update (KernelTrap)

Could someone please come up with a single freaking convincing example of why 3D is *useful* for a 2D desktop?

I think there is none. After all, it was thought as a 2D desktop; by definition, 3D has no place here. Scaling and displacing should be much faster when done in specific 2D circuitry; other effects like rotations and the OSX-minimize thing are just eye candy.

On the other hand, in Quartz 2D Extreme you use a powerful and expensive DSP for drawing primitives and compositing images. The fact that it happens to be a 3D chip is just an accident. But is it really useful? Hardly.

Don't know much about Vista. Judging by past history it will probably be a cheap copy.

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