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Quartz Extreme Demo Movie

Posted by pudge on from the i-will-buy-that-for-a-dollar dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The Swedish web site MacNytt has a QuickTime demo of Quartz Extreme (the graphics acceleration technology in the upcoming Mac OS X "Jaguar" release). It is impressive footage, truly impressive. Now I can watch DVDs at a microscopic level!"

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  1. Non-Quicktime? by Clue4All · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'd really like to see this, I don't suppose there's a version available using a standard, cross-platform codec anywhere?

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  2. This has massive implications by ellem · · Score: 1, Troll

    for pr0n!

    but otherwise that waw a little annoying.

    Are they going to "fix" Perl, that's what I want to know.

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  3. wonderful, *IF* you've got a Radeon or GF2... by frankie · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...disappointing and downright rude if you've got 1+ month old iBook, a 5+ month old iMac, or a 9+ month old PowerBook. In other words, the majority of Macs sold in the past year (and 95% of OSX-capable Macs sold before that) cannot use Quartz Extreme.

    Hardware graphics acceleration for my Pismo is not an unreasonable request!

  4. I still don't get it by billcopc · · Score: 0, Troll

    IANAML (I Am Not A Mac Lover), but what's so hot about this stuff ? Admittedly, the zooming seems quite nice in the demo, but what's the real-world use of this stuff ? I run in 1600x1200 all the time on my 19" screen, and used to run my 12" laptop in 1024x768 just fine. The only time I need to zoom in on something is when I'm drawing in Photoshop or 3dsMax, and they have a native zoom function.

    To my short-sighted mind, this tech is only good for trying to catch Natalie Portman's nips. Now if you've willingly purchased a Mac, I think you have much better uses for the box.

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