Re: .NET

Chris Brooksbank wrote:
> Not sure what you mean here. As I understand it Avalon doesnt talk
> directly to the Video card, rather it talks to DirectX. So as long as
> your video card has directX drivers ( and which doesnt ? ) you are in
> business. I would be surprised ( and disappointed ) if Avalon talked
> at a very low level to the video drivers rather than going to the
> directX layer.

Fair enough, but I still question what advantage Delphi would have using
something different than what every other .Net app and the O/S itself used
for presentation.

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