Re: [OT] Why does X need so much CPU power?

[csj <csj@zapo.net>]

At Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:41:05 +1000 ,
Joyce, Matthew wrote:
> 
> 
> > Uh, no, what's keeping Linux away from the desktop is the
> > lack of APPLICATIONS.  Joe Public couldn't care less about X,
> > or anything else, as long as it works.  The idiot gamers
> > aside, X is plenty for what Joe Public needs in a graphical
> > environment as long as he can move windows around and open
> > and close them when he needs to.
> 
> Computer games have consistantly pushed harware and programming
> to the limit.  There have been computer games for as long as
> there have been computers.
> 
> Idiot gamers ?  How rude.

Idiocy has been known to test the limits of a system ;-).