> -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 4:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The Anti-Windows crowd > > No, it is not the UI, it is the OS. Aero actually does not slow the > system down on normally specced cards. > > The UI doesn't slow down Video Encoding. With or without Aero active > video encoding in Vista is slower than in XP, for example. > > Clicky linky and read the benchmarks results. Some are 10% slower, > others are 24% slower. OpenGL is almost a no-go in the OS, so Maya > etc. are totally out at the moment.
I think this is kind of a red herring. Even the article states that these benchmarks were completed with tools and applications optimized for XP. Application updates should offset much of the issue. The OpenGL isn't anything new - OpenGL from MS has always sucked (it was no better in XP) but the graphics card folks pony up sooner than later and come up with their own ICDs. THIS is why Open GL performs under XP - not because of anything MS did. (Right now MS's OpenGL ICD actually translates instructions into DirectX - not a recipe for performance.) I agree with the article however: if you need that stuff, just don't upgrade. Nobody will pick on you. ;^) In my case I'm dual-booting - XP for some games and Vista for most everything else. For general application use (Office, email, web, etc) Vista actually seems much peppier than XP. There's also much more contextual design (things are more easily available when you need them). I'm not sure if this is universal, but for me at least working with Vista _feels_ faster and that's a good thing. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226773 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
