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Mac OS X 10.1.5 Update Available

Posted by pudge on Tuesday June 4, 2002 @02:20PM from the hip-hop-hooray dept.

krugdm writes "The Mac OS X 10.1.5 update which was hinted at in the MS Office update changelog is now available through Software Update. From the updater: 'Update 10.1.5 delivers enhancements which improve the reliability of Mac OS X applications, delivers improved networking, security, support for PC Card serial communication devices, and expanded peripheral device support.'"

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Re:Quartz AA in Carbon apps? by eduo · 2002-06-04 18:05 · Score: 0, Troll

Ok. I don't mean to bash anyone, but Windows 95 Plus pack included antialiasing of fonts some 6 or 7 years ago. WAY before MacOS did.

I don't like it, but it's true.

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Re:Quartz AA in Carbon apps? by eduo · 2002-06-04 18:10 · Score: 0, Troll

This is not true. As much as I am an Apple and mac advicate (and I like to believe I am) the truth is that font antialiasing was available in the Windows 95 Plus Pack, which I had to install for a customer some 6 or 7 years ago, WAY before the MacOS did (the Plus Pack was an add-on for Windows 95 around since it was a beta and called Chicago which included themes with sounds, colors and icons and the antialiasing feature).

No, on topic: There are indeed two kinds of antialiasing in the MacOS, and with Quartz Extreme there will probably be three, if I am correct. And all three of them are better than the ones available in Windows because of the calculations involved in making it work. That's also the reason it is so intensive and it slows the display so much. It even uses altivec.

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