[AppleCrow]

When RKlauncher goes over video rendering, it "hides" it with a shadow.

??WHY THIS THREAD SO??

Probably because it doesn't append on Mac OSX

Okay guys...it doesn't append because Apple uses an opengl unified engine...
Okay...Windows has dozen of API and is a compilation of crappy coded softwares...

But, RKLauncher is very well coded ^^ (it doesn't eat billions of RAM and doesn't slow down with time )

raduking, can you planifieda such bug fix for RKLauncher 4.0?
I know it will not be easy ^^

Very good work bud

(^ ')< --[as I say, sometimes it's better to be blinded than read stupid stuff, like mines]

[AndreasV]

No bugfixes possible, it's due to the nature of how the desktop is composed + the videodriver.

[sen]

AppleCrow, are you the main Windows developer or how do you know that it has crappy code?

[belgrano]

Hm, I lost you after "goes over video rendering". Can you rephrase is? How about providing an English translation?

[-Shivan-]

sen said:

AppleCrow, are you the main Windows developer or how do you know that it has crappy code?

The fact that Windows GDI and parts of DirectX are crap, compared to what other operating systems (especially OS X) have to offer, should be common knowledge

GDI is like 10+ years old with very few core improvements (and a lot of patchwork) since it was created.

The font rendering alone is horrible in Windows. Clear type helps a bit, but even with clear type, the output quality is lightyears behind the quality of font rendering in OS X.

All these things are no secrets. Even MS knows it. They don't develop Avalon, because they are bored and have no other things to do...

[Asdrubale88]

i think OS X is the light, and all the Bill products are the black night

[sen]

-Shivan- said:

The fact that Windows GDI and parts of DirectX are crap, compared to what other operating systems (especially OS X) have to offer, should be common knowledge

GDI is like 10+ years old with very few core improvements (and a lot of patchwork) since it was created.

The age of a code has nothing to do with crappiness... It should be common knowledge.

[ekadoken]

if mac OSX such much better than win GDI + Direct X, how come games are just plainsuxcks in osX ? How come not many more game on mac after osX release? maybe because osX just pretty but painfully slooooowww .

-Shivan- said:

The fact that Windows GDI and parts of DirectX are crap, compared to what other operating systems (especially OS X) have to offer, should be common knowledge

GDI is like 10+ years old with very few core improvements (and a lot of patchwork) since it was created.

The font rendering alone is horrible in Windows. Clear type helps a bit, but even with clear type, the output quality is lightyears behind the quality of font rendering in OS X.

All these things are no secrets. Even MS knows it. They don't develop Avalon, because they are bored and have no other things to do...

[Asdrubale88]

ekadoken said:

if mac OSX such much better than win GDI + Direct X, how come games are just plainsuxcks in osX ? How come not many more game on mac after osX release? maybe because osX just pretty but painfully slooooowww .

no, there are less game on MacOS X beacuse there are less user than Windows

[steelfist]

it's called buisness strategy. like hackers, they want to make as much money as possible. so target who? the billion populated windows or the 250 million mac users?

[Asdrubale88]

steelfist said:

it's called buisness strategy. like hackers, they want to make as much money as possible. so target who? the billion populated windows or the 250 million mac users?

you meant crackers, not hackers, didn't you?

[fmpuk]

Asdrubale88 said:

no, there are less game on MacOS X beacuse there are less user than Windows

Plus I think it would be safe to assume that a large majority of mac users don't buy them for games.

[belgrano]

fmpuk said:

Plus I think it would be safe to assume that a large majority of mac users don't buy them for games.

And the majority of pc buyers (corporations) don't buy them for games either.

[raduking]

+ Macs tend to be much more expensive than PCs

[steelfist]

but there are alternatives to supercomputer though. also, why is the gameboy advance, psp, game gear (still play it), xbox, gamecube, ps2, and all those other stuff for that is under one third the price of a mac mini?

[thy]

raduking said:

+ Macs tend to be much more expensive than PCs

it's getting a lot cheaper these days, ibook and Mac mini are easy enough to afford.

[wiebeest]

raduking said:

+ Macs tend to be much more expensive than PCs

Only because the Mac market is much smaller.
If the Mac was more common, then the prices surely would decrease methinks.

[Asdrubale88]

with 1600 euros you can buy:

- a wonderful mac
- A powerful pc

you have only to choose between these two opportunity

[raduking]

I can buy 2 very powerful PCs with that money...

thanx... but no...

[raduking]

check my laptop configuration in my signature:
it was 1400 USD not Euro