[sldev] branches/shadow-draft missing llrender.cpp

[Lawson English]

Karl Stiefvater wrote:
>> Uh ok.   o.o
>>
>> While there may be a few who cling to old hardware, I don't think the 
>> majority of people would be up in arms over this. It's perfectly 
>> reasonable for next generation rendering to require next generation 
>> hardware (or even this generation ;) ). Calm down, have a donut, and 
>> keep up the good work. :)
>
> heh... you'd be surprised how many people get upset about these sorts 
> of things.
>
> here's an example of a prominent SL journalist arguing that windlight 
> is a BadThing - because it creates a "digital divide" between the 
> haves and havenots:
>
> http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/04/is-the-windligh.html
>
>

Honestly though, I can empathize. I keep getting "whiteouts" with my 
Mac. I don't know anyone else who gets it, so I'm assuming its just MY 
Mac that is the problem for some reason (it's over 3 years old, PPC 
architecture), but if I ever run into someone else with the same issue 
I'll jira it. Regardless, I can see why people feel they're getting left 
behind. SL isn't for older comps, and things are going to get worse as 
time goes on, I suspect, at least until  NV8800-level graphics is 
supported in low-end laptops.


Lawson