OK, so my single biggest complaint with X looks like it finally has something resembling an answer. Let there be light.
Some questions.
1. Did anyone see its performance in webcast or video or anything? Or have anecdotal evidence to suggest speed?
2. Do we know if it applies speed gains across the board to all apps, just the Finder, only Cocoa apps?
OK, I guess that's just two questions, not "some".
Also, here's a little mini-rant which will not make some people happy. Do not read below if you don't want to waste time with a side issue or be annoyed with painful realities of business.
As for Quartz Extreme and G3s and G3s in general, G3s are dead. Apple could not care less about making G3 owners happy with graphics performance updates. That would be self defeating. The entire computer industry is built around a model of constantly devising new technologies and convincing us we need them, but more importantly, that we need new computers to use said technologies. G3 owners will never, ever see excellent graphics performance in OS X. They simply must accept that reality and decide what to do about it. I recommend buying the best G4 you can possibly stand to pay for. What really clued me into this harsh reality was a seminar on DV in Chicago's Apple store two years ago right when the first G4 was introduced. I had a desktop G3, like a 233 or something. I was first introduced to Final Cut at that seminar and asked the presenter (forget his name, but man was he good. Very motivational. I was starting to "drink the koolaid".) if I could run FCP on my 233 G3. I knew that technically I could, but I was at the very bottom of the technically possible list. He coldly and directly told me in front of everyone to dump the G3. I said, "But can't I at least run it sort of...". "Dump it" he repeated.
His point was simple, carpenters don't get hammers with balsa wood grips. If you take your work seriously, get a freaking real hammer with a stainless steel grip, otherwise you're just jerking yourself around. (Note: this message is for professionals in the industry, not for dabblers, browsers, spreadsheet junkies, hobbiests, e-mailers, authors or others that don't require the absolute best performance from their "tool".)
Some questions.
1. Did anyone see its performance in webcast or video or anything? Or have anecdotal evidence to suggest speed?
2. Do we know if it applies speed gains across the board to all apps, just the Finder, only Cocoa apps?
OK, I guess that's just two questions, not "some".
Also, here's a little mini-rant which will not make some people happy. Do not read below if you don't want to waste time with a side issue or be annoyed with painful realities of business.
As for Quartz Extreme and G3s and G3s in general, G3s are dead. Apple could not care less about making G3 owners happy with graphics performance updates. That would be self defeating. The entire computer industry is built around a model of constantly devising new technologies and convincing us we need them, but more importantly, that we need new computers to use said technologies. G3 owners will never, ever see excellent graphics performance in OS X. They simply must accept that reality and decide what to do about it. I recommend buying the best G4 you can possibly stand to pay for. What really clued me into this harsh reality was a seminar on DV in Chicago's Apple store two years ago right when the first G4 was introduced. I had a desktop G3, like a 233 or something. I was first introduced to Final Cut at that seminar and asked the presenter (forget his name, but man was he good. Very motivational. I was starting to "drink the koolaid".) if I could run FCP on my 233 G3. I knew that technically I could, but I was at the very bottom of the technically possible list. He coldly and directly told me in front of everyone to dump the G3. I said, "But can't I at least run it sort of...". "Dump it" he repeated.
His point was simple, carpenters don't get hammers with balsa wood grips. If you take your work seriously, get a freaking real hammer with a stainless steel grip, otherwise you're just jerking yourself around. (Note: this message is for professionals in the industry, not for dabblers, browsers, spreadsheet junkies, hobbiests, e-mailers, authors or others that don't require the absolute best performance from their "tool".)
