[G4] How many applications currently take adavantage of

M Hood mehood at mac.com
Mon Feb 10 08:06:28 PST 2003


That is my understanding as well. Don't confuse SMP capable apps with
Altivec-aware apps. Someone posted a list of apps, and it matches pretty
much with what i've read about  apps that can take advantage of Altivec.

mark


----- Original Message -----
From: "J J" <jj4 at sympatico.ca>
To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 9:50 AM
Subject: [G4] How many applications currently take adavantage of


> I thought all apps get the advantage of dual
> processors in OSX as the system itself is dual
> aware and parcels out "all" the work to the
> processor it chooses. As I understood in OSX it is
> 'illegal' for an app to choose its own destination
> or do many other things directly with the hardware
> as it did in OS 9. Everything must pass through
> the system now.
>
> Hey, if I am wrong here, let me know.
>
> jj
>



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