[Ti] difference in way OSX shuffles desktop backgrounds

[Dr. Trevor J. Hutley]

At 13:21 -0600 21/1/05, Bill Planey wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a TiBook and an iMac G5, both running 10.3.7.  Both machines have the
>"change picture every xxxxx [timeframe]" option activated in the Desktop &
>Screen Saver preference pane.
>
>What's interesting is that when the TiBook (400 mHz) changes pictures, there
>is no transition - it just changes.  When the iMac G5 changes backgrounds,
>there is a soft fade effect between them.  There is (as far as I can tell)
>no additional option for making this so.
>
>Why does the iMac have this nice fading transition but the TiBook does not?
>Is this an adjustment by the system for the different video componentry?

Bill - although I cannot answer your question fundamentally, I can 
inform you that my 15" Al-book 1.25 implements the nice fading 
transition when the "change p;icture every..." option is activated.

Trevor