New PowerMacs at NAB

[fryke]

I'm not so sure it's an "excellent idea" to take very large bitmap graphics (VLBG?) and use them all around the interface, scaling them to the needs. Vector graphics are called for here in my opinion, since bitmaps are slowing down the interface. (You gotta load 'em, scale 'em etc., uses memory like crazy.)

[Qion]

^^^^thats what I was getting at.

[Lt Major Burns]

isn't macos extremely powerful at scaling bitmaps though? i mean it scales bitmaps like we walk and breathe - without thinking about it. regardless of any processor intensive stuff happening (rendering complex vectors in illustrator cs for example), look how smooth and effortless expose snapshots and scales every window, regardless of size/complexity. it's the same with the dock - effortless bitmap scaling - macos is built upon (it seems, i'm no expert in this field) scaling imagery

[ziess]

Kind of off-topic but there's a nice zoomed in graphic of the tiger GUI on the new tiger site (http://www.apple.com/macosx/overview...interface.html). If the GUI could look that smooth....

[martygraw1000]

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[Ceroc Addict]

SJ has recently been quoted (MacMinute) as saying

"Apple is firing on all cylinders and we have some incredible new products in the pipeline for the coming year, starting with Mac OS X Tiger later this month."

Bodes well for the introduction of new PowerMacs, etc..

Kap