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What do you think would have happened if they had maintained really, really good OpenGL support?
by robotresearcher 9y ago
What do you think would have happened if they had maintained really, really good OpenGL support?
- simonh 9y ago* Metal wouldnt exist or would be years late - they diverted their top graphics talent from working on OpenGL to Metal. * Apple would be one of the few remaining platforms using OpenGL, this is why Mantle and Vulkan exist because they're not the only ones looking beyond OpenGL, so they'd still be a bit of a ghetto. * Battery life on Mac laptops would be worse, Macs would run a bit hotter and desktop performance on lower end Macs would be a bit slower still. * Finally any commercial difference in terms of game availability or Apple's bottom line would be a rounding error on a rounding error. This is a strategic move.