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arrow-up1468arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generatedwww.tomshardware.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 months agoLiterally why would it do that
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·5 months agoIt was written 25 years ago and untouched since probably.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoYes but why? Is it so less data can be stored on disk because compressing raster files absolutely does not make them easier to display.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoSomebody told me that they always use a tiled wallpaper to preserve memory, once. They were sort of an advanced user in the 90s, but haven’t done much computer or engineering related work since then. If we consider what machines Windows 95 ran on - not even that stupid. Back then.
Literally why would it do that
It was written 25 years ago and untouched since probably.
Yes but why? Is it so less data can be stored on disk because compressing raster files absolutely does not make them easier to display.
Somebody told me that they always use a tiled wallpaper to preserve memory, once.
They were sort of an advanced user in the 90s, but haven’t done much computer or engineering related work since then.
If we consider what machines Windows 95 ran on - not even that stupid. Back then.