Posts tagged Windows
Microsoft graphics-on-CPU
Nov 30th
This is quite interesting!
THE NEXT VERSION of Microsoft’s core desktop operating system, imaginatively named Windows 7, aka Vista SP2, may contain an interesting feature for devices with low-end graphics chipsets, or even with no GPU acceleration at all.
According to an MSDN document, Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform 10 (WARP10) is due for inclusion in Windows 7.
The document, originally picked up by Custom PC, states that WARP10 will be able to run Direct3D 10 and 10.1 on the CPU, in an attempt to bring improved graphics capabilities to devices with no, or lacklustre, dedicated graphics hardware.
Incredibly, according to Microsoft’s own performance numbers, an Intel Penryn-based quad-core processor can run Crysis at 5.69 FPS at 800×600 with the detail at a low level. By contrast, Intel’s own DX10-capable IGP only managed 5.17 FPS, making it virtually redundant when coupled with a decent modern processor.
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Aero Shake and Aero Peek Features in Windows 7
Nov 28th
Microsoft has introduced two new user experience in Windows 7, namely Aero Shake and Aero Peek, to satisfy appetite of Windows users who are demanding more flashy graphical user interface after the born of outstanding Windows Aero GUI, and signal the move towards Natural User Interface (NUI) model of interaction.
Aero Shake allows user to quickly and instantly minimize all other non-active windows that sit in the background by just shaking the application window, and at the same time experiencing a seizure in your hand. To bring back the desktop to previous state with windows open back, shake the sole window again. To use Aero Shake to minimize all inactive windows to Taskbar (or Superbar), user can click and hold on to a window’s title bar that he or she wants to continue work on, and then move the window to left and to right (shake) a few times (two times or move). The feature is probably one of the feature to support mouse gesture by Microsoft.
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