Mac vs Windows versions of VB 4.0

[loukingjr]

I find this odd but I thought I would ask. I normally run VirtualBox using the Mac as a host. I have had various problems getting things like Compiz to work with some guests. And even the ones that work draw garbage on the screen until the desktop finishes loading. I have Windows 7 installed in bootcamp and just for the heck of it I installed VB 4.0 on that. Oddly I don't get garbage when a Compiz/3d guest loads and Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity actually draws and runs correctly in the W7 version but not the Mac version (well it "runs" but not correctly).

I guess my question would be, does this mean the Mac version isn't implemented correctly, or is there some other explanation of how they could behave so differently?

[Martin]

3D support relies on the host graphic subsystem/driver which is very different between Mac OS and Windows.

[loukingjr]

3D support relies on the host graphic subsystem/driver which is very different between Mac OS and Windows.

I suppose. so even though they are running on the same hardware. I think the ATI driver in the firmware for my iMac is fairly old and seems the Windows driver is much newer. Oh well, time for a new Mac.

[Technologov]

Try to upgrade your video drivers on old Mac.

[loukingjr]

Try to upgrade your video drivers on old Mac.

welllll... first of all it's 3 years old. second, you can't update video drivers for iMacs. they are a firmware update so we're pretty much at Apple's mercy.