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Few questions about OS X...
mobrien_12:
Voodoo 1 released 1996 with the Glide API in hardware.
Direct3D did not exist until DirectX 2. That release date was June 5, 1996.
There were other proprietary 3D chipset API's (S3's Virge was released several months before the Voodoo if I recall). Each 3d accelerator back then essentially had it's own API, and since most games were DOS based, you had a special executable for each one. Glide stood out because of ease of programming and the fact that the 3DFX boards were so much more powerful than the competition.
The nice thing about D3D back then is that it worked on pretty much every single 3D accelerator card. Yeah it was a sucky API. Glide was really fast but was 3DFX only and OpenGL didn't run on alot of cards back then.
Of course, that's not how it is now. That's the way MS works... create something that's compatible across the board, bundle it with the OS, force out the competition, then use it to dictate to the hardware manufacturers, and use it as a weapon against your own customers (you gotta buy Vista if you want D3D 10, but Vista will only run the older D3D in software emulation so all the game developers will drop it and try to force everyone to "upgrade").
toadlife:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Compaq > ASUS ???!!!??? :confused: :eek: :scared: :nothappy:
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I think compaq's laptops were allways pretty decent. Their desktops may have been another story. The only experience I ever had with a "comcrap" desktop was a nightmare. It was a POS. Remember that HP merged with Compaq a few years back and HP already had their own laptop line, so it may be that the new HP/Compaq laptops are really just HP laptops with an extra name stamped on them. All I know is they have been decent laptops for the last several years.
H_TeXMeX_H:
Yeah, I mean HP usually makes pretty decent laptops, desktops, and printers, but Compaq better than ASUS !?! ... that's very difficult to believe. Every single Compaq I've had the misfortune to encounter has been a POS. As for ASUS, pretty much all my mobos are made by them and they are still running great (let's see the oldest one is 15 years old or so and still running).
WMD:
--- Quote from: toadlife ---I think compaq's laptops were allways pretty decent. Their desktops may have been another story. The only experience I ever had with a "comcrap" desktop was a nightmare. It was a POS. Remember that HP merged with Compaq a few years back and HP already had their own laptop line, so it may be that the new HP/Compaq laptops are really just HP laptops with an extra name stamped on them. All I know is they have been decent laptops for the last several years.
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I remember working with a Compaq Armada P2-333 laptop back in the day. That thing was awesome...save for the 50-minute battery life and Windows 98. (I think it was mistreated.)
As for Compaq desktops...my brother has been pretty lucky with his, a bought-used Deskpro with an extra hard drive, RAM, and a new video card.
worker201:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Every single Compaq I've had the misfortune to encounter has been a POS.
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That is correct - if by POS you mean 'Point of Sale'. Because the majority of Compaq computers are mass consumer products, meant to be purchased at WalMart and BestBuy. And they certainly do not put the best quality hardware in those things. I'm sure Compaq/HP uses fine hardware in their other non-massmarket products.
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