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Random Question: Why does OSX seem to run smoother than Win7

Jan 17, 2011 6:07AM PST

I've been trying to research this, merely out of curiosity, to no avail. I have faith that someone here knows tho...

I mean it might just be my own perception, but it seems that Mac/OSX seems to run so much smoother than Windows. Hardware specs aside that is.

Do macs pump out higher fps? do the screens have a higher refresh rate? I guess these questions seem stupid, but I can't figure it out. So for now, I'll just assume I'm seeing things... lol Wink

-Dr. Karl Happy

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Apple Does Not Do All Coding
Feb 7, 2011 6:40AM PST

I have actually had folks from Lexmark in my house to work on driver issues on a PC. They gave me some valuable insight on how their business model works. At the time I was having issues with a HP DV700t laptop driver. I kept in contact with these super folks, and when I was needing Mac drivers I knew where to go to at the Lexmark site and what was their latest release. I think people make the mistake that since Apple installs most popular drivers (usually in a very generic form and without all of the bells and whistles), that they do all of their own coding.

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(NT) You are seeing things
Feb 5, 2011 12:57AM PST