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Windows XP is the last Windows where Classic theme (thus GDI before WDDM/Aero) is hardware accelerated.
by zerr 4y ago
Windows XP is the last Windows where Classic theme (thus GDI before WDDM/Aero) is hardware accelerated.
- sigzero 4y agoYup! I ran the Classis theme exclusively. I was never a fan of the default "Fisher Price" theme.
- mikae1 4y ago:) https://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/421851-acceleration-gui-classic-theme-windows-7-a.html https://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/421851-accele...
- bitwize 4y agoThat's because nobody uses those graphics primitives anymore, and by removing the legacy cruft graphics device drivers can be simplified. Aero/modern UI, by contrast, is much closer to how the modern Windows graphics stack actually works, so it makes sense for Microsoft to move everybody to it and deprecate GDI except for legacy applications.
- hedora 4y agoI only use those primitives these days. My remaining Windows install is 3.1 in dosbox on a raspberry pi 4 Maybe I should see how XP runs on it.