[leveller] Leveller on Intel-based Macs
- From: Ray Gardener <rayg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leveller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:48:42 -0800
Apparently someone has succeeded in getting Windows XP SP2 to run
natively on the new Intel-based Macintosh computers. The legality or
lack of any official support from Apple/MS aside, I'm always interested
in anything that lets Leveller users run the program where they need it
to run (e.g., carrying around one computer is generally preferable to
carrying around two). More info available at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/06/03/16/1329206.shtml
I haven't had the pleasure of testing this platfrom configuration in
terms of seeing how Leveller runs on it (if at all) but from what I
understand, there are some graphics-driver related issues (e.g., games
are not as available as general-purpose applications due to lack of
hardware acceleration). I would expect Leveller's performance to be
related to the quality of Win32 OpenGL support that the device drivers
provide, since that is the "hardest" Leveller pushes the system. Given
that the new Macs have clock speeds above 1.0 Ghz, even software-only
OpenGL may suffice for useful modeling situations in Leveller.
A truly native port of Leveller to OS X is still desirable and remains a
development goal for Leveller 3.x.
Ray
Other related posts:
- » [leveller] Leveller on Intel-based Macs
