cm0002@lemmy.world to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 days agoWhy did Microsoft use Windows 3.1 for the Windows 95 setup?www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down15
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minus-squareGurfaild@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoAs far as I know, the Windows UI technically doesn’t need GPU acceleration, but it does depend on DirectX - the Windows 8 developer preview included a software renderer so that Aero Glass worked even without GPU drivers.
As far as I know, the Windows UI technically doesn’t need GPU acceleration, but it does depend on DirectX - the Windows 8 developer preview included a software renderer so that Aero Glass worked even without GPU drivers.