Comparison of 3D desktops

The first post on this thread has three videos, which show, respectively, XGL/Compiz on Linux, MacOS X, and Vista's Aero Glass. For now I'll spare my opinions, and just say that they all look pretty good. I'll also say that there's one difference between the Vista one and the others that kind of leaps out at me - see if you can spot it.

Huh, I hadn't thought of that one.
Actually, what struck me was that the Vista one looked a lot slower and jerkier than the other two. Not sure of the reason, I guess it might be a poorer quality vid, or a lower-powered machine used to run it. On the other hand, I've been hearing much complaining about Vista betas being dog slow, and kind of wonder if that's what you see in the video.

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Look for the following at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
AstroAppMacX 2.11
Share My Desktop 1.2
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Shuts Down When Lid Closed

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What is the difference between
a) DDR2 667 MHz PC2 5300 SODIMM
and
b) DDR2 667 MHz PC 5400 SODIMM

howarduns wrote:
I saw several different typed of PC 5400 RAM advertised on tigerdirect.ca's web site
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/compare.asp?CatId=150
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR2
+Some manufacturers label their DDR2-667 sticks as PC2-5400 instead of PC2-5300. At least one manufacturer has reported this reflects successful testing at a faster-than standard speed.+
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VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop Benchmark Comparison

This is a quickie benchmark of VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop using Super PI, PC Mark 05, and Passmark.
VMWare Fusion 36932
Parallels Desktop 3094 Beta 2
Notes:
Both virtual machines were allocated with large 10+ GB virtual disks and 640MB of RAM. The VMWare CPU was configured with two processors. The Parallels CPU was configured with 1 (two is not available). VMWare reported the CPU as 1 physical, 2 logical processors running at 2.66 GHz while Parallels reported 1 physical, 1 logical processor running at 9.6 GHz (the combined speed of all four cores on the Mac Pro). The max observed CPU utilization in activity monitor when running under VMWare was 200% and max under Parallels was 173%.
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Both of these products are beta. VMWare is running in debug mode (can not be turned off in this beta).
Caveat emptor on these stats. This was an unscientific exercise to satisfy my curiosity. Some of the extraordinary differences are highlighted with <--.
Platform:
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz, 2GB RAM, Nvidia 7300GT
Disk 1 - OS X, 73GB Raptor
Disk 2 - dedicated disk where each virtual machine image was created separate from the OS or any OS-related virtual memory files.
VMWare and Parallels guest OS: Windows XP Professional, SP 2
Comparison Benchmrk
VMWare Fusion 36932 and Parallels Desktop 3094 Beta 2
Super PI Parallels VMWare
512K 8s 9s
1M 20s 21s
4M 1m 57s 2m 03s
PC Mark 05 Parallels VMWare
CPU Test Suite N/A N/A
Memory Test Suite N/A N/A
Graphics Test Suite N/A N/A
HDD Test Suite N/A N/A
HDD - XP Startup 5.0 MB/s 19.54 MB/s <--
Physics and 3D Test failed Test failed
Transparent Windows Test failed 69.99 Windows/s
3D - Pixel Shader Test failed Test failed
Web Page Rendering 3.58 Pages/s 2.34 Pages/s
File Decrypt 71.73 MB/s 67.05 MB/s
Graphics Memory - 64 Lines 179.92 FPS 111.73 FPS
HDD - General Usage 4.82 MB/s 42.01 MB/s <--
Multithread Test 1 / Audio Comp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 1 / Video Encoding Test failed Test failed
Multithread Test 2 / Text Edit 152.85 Pages/s 138.48 Pages/s
Multithread Test 2 / Image DeComp 5.91 MPixels/s 35.4 MPixels/s <--
Multithread Test 3 / File Comp 3.22 MB/s 6.03 MB/s
Multithread Test 3 / File Encrypt 19.0 MB/s 33.26 MB/s <--
Multithread Test 3 / HDD - Virus Scan 27.91 MB/s 25.49 MB/s
Multithread Test 3 / Mem Lat - Rnd 16MB 5.34 MAcc/s 6.63 MAcc/s
File Comp N/A N/A
File DeComp N/A N/A
File Encrypt N/A N/A
File Decrypt N/A N/A
Image DeComp N/A N/A
Audio Comp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 1 / File Comp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 1 / File Encrypt N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / File DeComp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / File Decrypt N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / Audio DeComp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / Image DeComp N/A N/A
Memory Read - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 4 kB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 4 kB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 4 kB N/A N/A
Memory Lat - Rnd 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Lat - Rnd 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Lat - Rnd 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Lat - Rnd 4 kB N/A N/A
Transparent Windows N/A N/A
Graphics Memory - 64 Lines N/A N/A
Graphics Memory - 128 Lines N/A N/A
WMV Video Playback N/A N/A
3D - Fill Rate Multi Texturing N/A N/A
3D - Polygon Throughput Multiple Lights N/A N/A
3D - Pixel Shader N/A N/A
3D - Vertex Shader N/A N/A
HDD - XP Startup N/A N/A
HDD - Application Loading N/A N/A
HDD - General Usage N/A N/A
HDD - Virus Scan N/A N/A
HDD - File Write N/A N/A
Processor Intel Core 2 9653 MHz Processor Unknown 2661 MHz
Physical / Logical CPUs "1 Physical, 1 Logical" "1 Physical, 2 Logical"
MultiCore 1 Processor Core Multicore 2 Processor Cores
HyperThreading N/A N/A
Graphics Card Generic VGA Generic VGA
Graphics Driver Parallels Video Driver VMWare SVGA II
Co-operative adapters No No
DirectX Version 9.0c 9.0c
System Memory 640 MB 640MB
Motherboard Manufacturer N/A Intel Corporation
Motherboard Model N/A 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP
Passmark Parallels VMWare
CPU - Integer Math (MOPS) 112.35 230.31 <--
CPU - Floating Point Math (MOPS) 280.46 588.33 <--
CPU - Find Prime Numbers (OPS) 446.37 676.99 <--
CPU - SSE/3DNow! (MMPS) 2118.56 4737.13 <--
CPU - Comp (KB/s) 2994.16 5952.34 <--
CPU - Encrypt (MB/s) 18.09 36.27 <--
CPU - Image Rotation (IRPS) 598.21 1184.41 <--
CPU - String Sorting (TPS) 2118.81 3672.59 <--
Graphics 2D - Lines (TPS) 220.71 25.15 <--
Graphics 2D - Rectangles (TPS) 189.74 61.8 <--
Graphics 2D - Shapes (TPS) 39.54 13.71 <--
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text (OPS) 190.39 75.88 <--
Graphics 2D - GUI (OPS) 439.77 63.72 <--
Memory - Allocate Small Block (MB/s) 2533.83 2526.21
Memory - Read Cached (MB/s) 1960.5 1906.27
Memory - Read Uncached (MB/s) 1871.79 1826.08
Memory - Write (MB/s) 1687.81 1545.43
Memory - Large RAM (OPS) 60.99 46.37
Disk - Sequential Read (MB/s) 102.11 76.45 <--
Disk - Sequential Write (MB/s) 58.33 50.9
Disk - Rnd Seek + RW (MB/s) 51.4 40.4
CPU Mark 711.08 1432.72 <--
2D Graphics Mark 743.31 176.5 <--
Memory Mark 599.94 580.38
Disk Mark 766.11 606.7
PassMark Rating 557.27 637.35<br>

Thanks for posting these numbers - it's an interesting comparison.
I would expect the final VMWare fusion performance numbers to be quite a bit better than that of Parallels - they have almost a decade's worth of experience more than the Parallels folks in this arena, and a much larger development team to boot.
Once VMWare Fusion is released to the public, I think that you'll see a clearer distinction between the two products. VMWare will continue to appeal to the professional customer, with a more robust feature set and corporate-friendly features (and a correspondingly higher price tag); Parallels will fall more into the consumer/VirtualPC-replacement market. It will be interesting to see how Parallels will be affected when (and if) VMWare player is ported to OS X.
Interesting about the Parallels performance stats on a native partition - looks like almost enough reason to avoid the bootcamp partition approach altogether. Sharing a native windows installation with a VM in parallels is a pretty scary situation in any case, as the two environments have entirely different hardware configurations. Do-able, but there is some black magic involved (if you want to see an example of what I mean, try to move a windows installation from one machine to another w/different hardware sometime - it ain't pretty); I wouldn't try this in a production scheme unless I had REALLY good backups.

Can I use Remote Desktop to run Windows software from my Mac

Here's what I want to do:
1) Set up a small office LAN with an Apple Xserve as the file server; clients are mostly iMacs but a few PCs.
2) There are one or two software apps I need that exist only in the Windows world (such as a good document comparison software like DeltaView).
3) I want to have one dedicated PC for my one or two essential Windows apps and then run Remote Desktop Connection on my Mac client to launch the Windows app on the PC client and use it to edit or otherwise manipulate a data file stored on the server.
Is this possible?

Thanks for your prompt reply.
OK, maybe I'm missing something basic but then why would I ever want to run Windows network in my office? The bugbear about Macs is that there is certain Windows software for which there is no good Mac equivalent. But you are telling me that as long as I have a couple of Windows boxes, I can run my Windows software on them through my Mac, even though the data files are stored on an separate box (an Xserve).
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Thanks,
DXB Law

Discoverer Desktop Graphing Questions

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4. Is it possible to display the y-values in the graph area itself next to the plot points?
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Its a good idea to upgrade from 4i to 10g 4i is no more used by many and their are some issues or bugs with it.The latest version is 11g which has been released 1 week back.If not go with 10g version available.
1) Do all reports have to be stored on the database to allow them to be accessed by Plus or Viewer? Can only the 10G client version open files from a local hardrive or shared network drive?Yes they have to stored in the database so any ened user can access them from plus or viewer.
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Hi all,
I am new to Virtual Desktop Hosting (actually, besides the general idea, I don't know much else). I know my University uses Citrix and I was wondering if I could implement a similar setup for my home.
Basically I do all the administration at home and once in a year I have to reinstall my OS on my desktop. Through out the year I deal with many issues ranging from personal settings to system errors that I have to fix. The problem is magnified when I factor in multiple Operating Systems.
So I thought would it be possible for me to get Solaris, VirtualBox, and VDI on my desktop with 8GB RAM and One AMD Phenom Quadcore CPU and implement a solution similar to my university's.
I wanted to know if this was possible and if so then could somebody point me to a resource for guidance (getting started, tutorials, how-to's)?
And If this solution is possible then How do you think it will perform? I mean will I be able to program(C++, Java) , and use Visual studio, Photoshop,Watch movies, etc. ? And from an administrative point of view how easy is it to work with this setup? (I don't expect it to be easier than regular desktop administration, but I would like to know some thoughts or comparisons)
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Both of you suggested that VirtualBox would be a better solution, which is what I have right now, But I wanted to see whether I there was a way TO:
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I have been doing some research over the internet, and it seems that the solution number 1 maybe something called VRDP. I will look more into it.
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What is the difference between Firefox 7.0.1 and Firefox Desktop? I like what I see in Desktop. How do I get it.

How do I go about getting Firefox Desktop. I have Firefox 7.0.1 now as my browser. Do I have to download Desktop or do an add-on?

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Download CC version from here: Explore Adobe desktop apps | Adobe Creative Cloud
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See this comparison chart: Compare Lightroom versions | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC
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Desktop Manager v6.0 is unusable.

Hi
I have a Curve 8310.
I have moved back to using DM 5.0.1.42 in place of 6.0.0.43 for the following reasons:
DM6 auto-mounts my BB's flash drive whether I want it to or not. This means I have to unmount (by hand) this drive before I unplug the BB. This is a nuisance. There is no option I can find to turn this off, and the handset prompts me (unanswered) if I want to do this.
DM6 runs the device back-up every time I connect the BB. This considerably increases the length of time it takes to to a "quick sync". There is no option I can find to turn this off.
DM6 does not update the "last backed up" date on the front page. This is sloppy and an indication of insufficient testing.
DM6 is extremely slow in comparison with DM5, the backup issue above notwithstanding.
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The DM6 announcement page is full of complaints similar to this, and no usable help whatsoever from RIM. Someone called "BlackberryHelp_Pavel" (I think) keeps telling folks to "uninstall, follow the [registry cleanout] procedure, try installing under a different profile", with NO indication that this does anything useful.
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Sorry to hear you are having problems with Desktop 6 as I have had exactly the opposite experience.
I tried for many many months to get Desktop 5 to work with my Win 7 64 system, and gave up trying. Since updating to v6 it has been fautless,
Version 5 on a previous PC was fast when syncronising, but 6 is even faster.
Yes, connecting the media card is a pain, but only when using Documents To Go sync. I never dismount the card, just disconnect the BB from the PC by pulling out the USB connection, and no problems so far.
Regarding doing a Backup every time you connect, just turn it off, or set when you want it to happen. To do this from Desktop manager select Device options...> General tab > uncheck Backup my device (or choose when you want it done).
Personally I love v6 (so far), and hated v5 because I could not get it to work on my PC, but we are all different.
ps Should have said that I just installed it over the top of my non working v5 (no clean install)
pps Just did another backup and the date has changed on the home screen

Timing Java Apps on Portable Devices and Desktops

I am trying find an efficient way to time my Java applications running on Linux on portable devices like Pocket PCs and other hand held computers. I also need to time the running of applications on desktop and laptop computers and compare the two. I am conducting research to find out if Java runs slower on smaller processors in comparison to larger ones. I am looking for either research or a program that can help me to accomplish this. I have looked at JProbe but I would prefer an option that doesn't involve buying software. Are there any basic programing languages that offer this option? Does the JVM allow timing test to be conducted by itself? Is Java a good language to make a timing program with or should I look elsewhere. If you have any information please let me know.

Mayank, thank you for your kind assistance.
Follow-up questions:
1 - Regarding Adobe LMS... when I go to this page
Adobe - LMS integration solutions
and click on the 'learn more about LMS' link... it takes me to an Adobe page that tells me the page no longer exist... so may I ask you
- if LMS will collect students responses to a Captivate training exercise?
- and further allow our system to access and evaluate their responses?
- And, do they charge per student or what?
2 - You said "You can run Captivate without Internet . It is just you have to connect to the internet during the installation to sign in with your Adobe ID."
Does this mean a student would have to connect to the internet and install Captivate and get an Adobe ID?
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I took the plunge and upgraded my Vista 64 to Win 7 RC. The upgrade process lasted over 6 hours (some 300GB on my C:drive with Vista), but, once completed, it has been working really very fast & smoothly. The original Vista system is backed up of course on an external HDD.
What annoys me though, are 2 stubborn system icons on my 7RC desktop, Homegroup and Libraries. I don't use Homegroup and Libraries can be accessed via Taskbar or Start menu, so I want to get rid of these two icons, but they cannot be remove from the desktop as such, like "normal" icons.
Personalize -> Change Desktop Icons doesn't seem to offer any solution for these 2 icons.
I never had those desktop icons on earlier clean installs of Win7 Beta (on separate dual boot HDD), only now after the massive Vista->7RC upgrade.
I also have retained an earlier "unofficial" other Win 7 7100 on another HDD (with less installed apps.), for comparison.
Is there any registry hack or other method to remove these desktop icons?
I'd be grateful for a solution.
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Uffe
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Windows7 Home Premium
After hours of being annoyed........
1. Homegroup Icon:
open my computer, control panel, system and security, administrative tools, services, then scroll down to: homeGroup listener and homeGroup provider, disable both. close out, log off. the icon should be gone when you log back on.
2. Libraries Icon: carefully.......please, if no experience in registry get help.
go to: start, run, type in: regedit, select the HKEY_Local_Machine key, navigate down finding: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace
You will see several hexadecimal strings, select each one in turn, and the right pane will show you which icon is being selected. my library icon was the very first string and showed two lines on the right side of the page, first being: usersLibraries and the second being: remove message.
when you find the appropriate library string, make a new folder in your my documents named: registry back up, then highlight the string on the left, go up to the top left of the registry page and click on, file then export. save the registry file in your new folder location. I also saved the two files on the right side of the page and named them what they were called on the page, so I would know what they were. (not sure I had to but did)
After saving the registry files, next you can delete the string you have highlighted on the left which in turn, shows the name userLibraries (on the right side of the page).
Poof it is finally Gone! available in your saved folder
Hope this helps

HP Pavilion Elite m9040n Desktop and Fire Wire 1394

I have the above mentioned Desktop. It has a 1394 plugin on the front of case. Does the Pavilion come with all the software to make fire wire work? I backed up my hard drive onto an Toshiba external disk with a USB cable the other day and it took 6 hours. Isn't fire wire suppost to transfer data faster than a USB cable? Is there any special things I need to know when buying fire wire 1394.
I was looking on the internet the other day and they showed fire wire with 4 and 6 pins. Looking into the hole on my computer it only looks like 3 pins?
Thanks
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Rick, welcome to the forum.
There is no software necessary for Firewire (IEEE 1394a). The driver is installed with the OS.
Here is the Motherboard Specifictions page for the computer. It only shows that there is a Firewire (IEEE 1394a) port (# 11) in the Back I/O ports.
Here is an article that shows the comparison of speed of Firewire vs USB. Firewire was developed by Apple.
I hope this information answers your questions.
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To create a desktop shortcut icon for the application for a jar file

Hi
I have created a jar file for my application. when i double click this jar file, the application opens.
What i want is--
Instead of user clicking on the jar file, my application also has to create a desktop shortcut icon.
If the user clicks on the icon which is on the desktop the application should open.
Please suggest me.
Thanks in advance.

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Please suggest me.>Launch the application using java webstart. A webstart launch offers things like a splash screen, automatic updates, and desktop integration in the form of desktop shortcuts and program menu items. If the launch file specifies icons, they are used for the shortcuts, otherwise a generic icon is used.
For a comparison between a sandboxed webstart launch and a plain app., try the [Text Width Checker|http://pscode.org/twc/].
While the TWC can run OK within the security sandbox, many applications need to be digitally signed and request extended permissions, to do what they need to do.
STBC is an all-permissions webstart launch.
Edit 1:
And for one that definitely suggests desktop shortcuts (I usually avoid them, in favor of a menu item only), try the sandboxed [demo of the PrintService|http://pscode.org/jws/api.html#prs], which prompts the user to choose.
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