| ▲ | bombcar 2 hours ago | |
Apple had been doing GPU-accelerated GUIs since the early NeXT days; it was certainly possible on hardware weaker than what Vista required. | ||
| ▲ | Zardoz84 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
Windows 3.1, with the aproppiated drivers and modern SVGA card, had accelerated 2d graphics. Accelerated GUIs don't even need GPU or 3d. | ||
| ▲ | runjake an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Minor correction: Apple introduced GPU-accelerated GUI in 10.2 with the introduction of Quartz Extreme. Display PostScript did not have GPU acceleration, as far as I know. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_Compositor?#Quartz_Extr... | ||
| ▲ | kalleboo 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I mean Apple had a GPU-accelerated GUI in 1990, but probably not what we think of "GPU accelerated" these days https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Apple_Macintosh_Display_Card_8-... | ||