On 10/18/2011 6:13 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In ,
John wrote:

On 10/18/2011 1:41 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In ,
John wrote:

On 10/18/2011 1:13 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In ,
John wrote:

On 10/18/2011 12:30 PM, RHF wrote:
On Oct 18, 9:58 am, John wrote:
On 10/18/2011 5:18 AM, D. Peter Maus wrote:

On 10/17/11 20:04 , Howard Brazee wrote:
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:41:08 -0700 (PDT), RHF
wrote:

Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Apples/Macs.

Friends let friends be their own people, making their own choices.

The world needs more friends.

Hey....making sense, here. Cut it out.

Real friends sit they PC down besides the Mac users equipment and give
them a demonstration ... one picture is worth 10,000 words ...

Regards,
JS

Apple-holics 'Know' with a certainty that MACs are
very "pc"*, and lowly PCs {The Machine} are not.
-apple/macs-are-creative-tools-for-the-ennobled-
-while-ms/pcs-are-simply-machines-for-the-masses-

* 'pc' politically correct and elitist**

** 'i' am an Educator {in Education} and use
an Apple/MAC therefore 'i' and 'it' are better
than you and your lowly PC
-or-
** 'i' am Creative {in the Arts etc...} and use
an Apple/MAC therefore 'i' and 'it' are better
than you and your lowly PC
.
Apple/MAC : A Statement of "Who I Am"
-versus-
MS/PC : A Statement of "What I Do"
-result-
Fashion Over Form-&-Function
.
.

What I seen was bill gates become very obstinate and think that that
there was no need for video as powerful as the computers ... MAC video
graphic artists where forced into being ... now that windows went ahead
and provided the supporting software/driver support, there is no finer
video than you will find on PC's ... and the leading reason all no. one
games usually only run on the PC, and windows ... to transcode them for
another architecture/video support cuts too many capabilities from the
game.

Windows didn't "go ahead" and do that, John. The companies that build
the graphics cards provide the drivers.

As for your "too many capabilities from the game" claim...

...let's see a concrete example.


Actually, it is windows that supports the hardware, if they don't,

No, you are completely incorrect. Windows supports the driver
architecture that the hardware manufacturer must write their driver's to
comply with.

anyone can write as many drivers as they wish ... the OS would simply

And anyone can. They may not want to, but they can.

not be able to utilize it ... yet another post which blatantly outlines
your refusal to cure your ignorance ... but your complete willingness to
comment on things you know little, or even nothing, about.

The irony in this statement is off the charts...


Gates saw a world where a simple video chip on a motherboard would be
sufficient ... his vision changed.

Again, Microsoft doesn't write the drivers: the hardware manufacturers
do.


Again, you prove yourself a fool, the high level drivers make the video
calls to the devices ... the hardware manufactures simply have to
translate those into assembly ... the same calls are made, but the
firmware of the manufacturer translates those to fit its' hardware ...
ATI will be much different the NVIDIA ... but windows makes the same
calls from its high level driver(s) ... and, windows must provide what
the game developers need, the instructions and calls, or it doesn't even
get off the ground. Just because a video card slot exists on a
motherboard DOES NOT mean windows has to support it ...

It is the windows kernal which runs the games ... but hey, glad to be
able to help you dispel your ignorance! :-)

I'm sorry, but when you really don't know what you're talking about, you
should just shut up.

Create a video card, write drivers for it according to Windows published
requirements and it will work...

...Microsoft doesn't have anything to do with it other than certifying
the drivers after they've been written.


What a dumb asshole ... you'd better make yourself familiar with the
windows device driver tools and their specs, moron ...

Regards,
JS