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Article #48092Re: Video card reviews, why no mention of Quicktime performance ?
From: Timberwoof
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 07:27
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 07:27
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In article <kob3nospamplease-0A5D2B.17520801072002@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>, Kenton <kob3nospamplease@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > One of the things I look for in a graphics card is 3D game performance, > but another is Quicktime performance for applications like Final Cut Pro > and imovie. However no reviews mention the latter. Why isn't it so ? > > I emailed the guy from xlr8 your mac and he said most consumers aren't > interested in it, however I think alot of industry people would be. That sort of response is often a journalist's way of saying "I'm not interested in that," "I hadn't thought of that," or "I don't understand that." It's a technical reviewer's job not only to measure a system's performance but also to explain why any particular measurement is important. -- Timberwoof <timberwoof at infernosoft dot com> Chief Perpetrator Infernosoft: Putting the No in Innovation. http://www.infernosoft.com "The opposite of hardware is not easyware."
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From: Timberwoof <timberwoof.spam@infernosoft.com>
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