The window backbuffer in Vista is stored both in system and video memory. And GDI is not hardware accelerated anymore. Note that at this point it makes less and less sense as we are able to do things faster on the cpu, so any hardware acceleration only has the utility of being able to keep the surfaces near the hardware (in video memory).
With Windows 7 and WDDM 1.1, the window backbuffer is almost always in video memory, and some GDI DDIs are once again accelerated to facilitate that locality.
Either way though you're better off with the DWM on than off.
There were no examples cited of "demanding" web apps. I can't think of a single commonly used webapp that is "demanding" enough for a netbook to show weakness.
Most likely what would usually be a matrix able to address individual capsules is setup to turn on several of them at once in the wiring. This is the only explanation I can find for the low number of pins in what is normally a matrix display with many driver ICs attached directly before going to a controlling device such as the PIC here.
Instead what we have here is a very low pin count going directly to a shift register controlled by the pic.
So it's unfortunately obvious from the pictures that no more can be done with the display here. I am, however, interested in reusing the boards for things like fun little robots.
It's a freaking aphrodisiac! The distinct smell that is a combination of motherboard finishing chemicals and components is like nothing else. I'm just glad there isn't a cologne to reproduce the smell, I'd wear it all the time..:(
Technically this is incorrect. DirectDraw is redirected just fine and can be used as a source for a layered(transparent) window blend just fine. It's D3D and directdraw overlays that become a problem. Overlays are used for things like...video.
An interesting solution to this problem right now is that ATI's All-In-Wonder cards support the feature being prototyped here out of the box, you can take a video source and blend it over the whole desktop, with transparency, and because it's all done in the video card there is no perceivable perf hit.
I don't know about you, but I use taskbar grouping every day. I tend to have several apps open, and several *instances* of apps open at a time - enough that a doubleheight taskbar is not helpful. I really like the taskbar grouping feature.
"Jesus, I cannot BELIEVE you guys. In good faith, I put the video back on the basis of the email you sent me, hoping that at least some people would click on the mirror link at at least get the truth, and information about how to replace the battery. Instead, you removed the mirror link entirely, used the bandwidth and resources that I was providing you exclusively on your front page, AGAIN without providing ANY information whatsoever about how users can solve this problem, or the fact that Apple now has an official $99 battery replacement, and on top of it all, put ThruPort's banner on the front page! I've now served 91,629 downloads for you, for over 0.6 terabytes of data transfer. What the f*** is you guys' problem? I guess that fact that you are liars shouldn't surprise me, since that's exactly what your whole site and the video is. Have fun with it, and whatever f***ed up satisfaction you get from having as many people as possible see your video, and not even wanting to tell people that there is a solution."
Google(for now at least) have been very good about the way they handle their business. They're not exactly evil. Hell, patenting their algorithm is probably a good idea now that AltaVista has a new owner.
I leant my hardcover copy to a friend in the early 90's, and he lost it on a tour bus in Hawaii. damn. lessons learned. #$%^ing hawaiians and their hacker book stealing tendencies!(j/k)
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This is half true.
The window backbuffer in Vista is stored both in system and video memory. And GDI is not hardware accelerated anymore. Note that at this point it makes less and less sense as we are able to do things faster on the cpu, so any hardware acceleration only has the utility of being able to keep the surfaces near the hardware (in video memory).
With Windows 7 and WDDM 1.1, the window backbuffer is almost always in video memory, and some GDI DDIs are once again accelerated to facilitate that locality.
Either way though you're better off with the DWM on than off.
There were no examples cited of "demanding" web apps. I can't think of a single commonly used webapp that is "demanding" enough for a netbook to show weakness.
Could someone point me in the right direction?
Most likely what would usually be a matrix able to address individual capsules is setup to turn on several of them at once in the wiring. This is the only explanation I can find for the low number of pins in what is normally a matrix display with many driver ICs attached directly before going to a controlling device such as the PIC here.
Instead what we have here is a very low pin count going directly to a shift register controlled by the pic.
So it's unfortunately obvious from the pictures that no more can be done with the display here. I am, however, interested in reusing the boards for things like fun little robots.
This article does not make any mention of Cow Magnets, used to prevent hardware disease in cows.
IANAP but I am curious if it is related.
Didn't they do this in uh... Sneakers?
That was Longhorn in 2003. The shell is not managed. WinFS is not shipping with the OS. And .net is not replacing win32.
This is true - he originally called waste 'jism'.
Could someone post a mirror? I didn't have a chance to read it before they took the article down.
Thanks.
It's a freaking aphrodisiac! The distinct smell that is a combination of motherboard finishing chemicals and components is like nothing else. I'm just glad there isn't a cologne to reproduce the smell, I'd wear it all the time.. :(
Technically this is incorrect. DirectDraw is redirected just fine and can be used as a source for a layered(transparent) window blend just fine. It's D3D and directdraw overlays that become a problem. Overlays are used for things like...video.
An interesting solution to this problem right now is that ATI's All-In-Wonder cards support the feature being prototyped here out of the box, you can take a video source and blend it over the whole desktop, with transparency, and because it's all done in the video card there is no perceivable perf hit.
I don't know about you, but I use taskbar grouping every day. I tend to have several apps open, and several *instances* of apps open at a time - enough that a doubleheight taskbar is not helpful. I really like the taskbar grouping feature.
What problems would you diagnose the fictional Star Wars character C3PO with?
Check out the examples on their site. It's flash.
"Jesus, I cannot BELIEVE you guys. In good faith, I put the video back on the basis of the email you sent me, hoping that at least some people would click on the mirror link at at least get the truth, and information about how to replace the battery. Instead, you removed the mirror link entirely, used the bandwidth and resources that I was providing you exclusively on your front page, AGAIN without providing ANY information whatsoever about how users can solve this problem, or the fact that Apple now has an official $99 battery replacement, and on top of it all, put ThruPort's banner on the front page! I've now served 91,629 downloads for you, for over 0.6 terabytes of data transfer. What the f*** is you guys' problem? I guess that fact that you are liars shouldn't surprise me, since that's exactly what your whole site and the video is. Have fun with it, and whatever f***ed up satisfaction you get from having as many people as possible see your video, and not even wanting to tell people that there is a solution."
Read the rest here
It really makes you wonder how much of that data is just redundant waste.
Is it just me or does anyone else see the sponge-monster-of-doom's tentacles breaking out of the ground to kill us all?
Yea. I'm going to go self-medicate now.
That's what she said!
Howard Stern was complaining that he couldn't open PNG files this morning.. "Why can't I get a bitmap or a JPEG?"
Google(for now at least) have been very good about the way they handle their business. They're not exactly evil. Hell, patenting their algorithm is probably a good idea now that AltaVista has a new owner.
Pun!
I don't trust children with squirt-guns around my computers.
I don't trust robots with squirt-guns around my computers.
I leant my hardcover copy to a friend in the early 90's, and he lost it on a tour bus in Hawaii. damn. lessons learned. #$%^ing hawaiians and their hacker book stealing tendencies!(j/k)