It wasn't long ago that playing HD video required a pretty powerful processor and/ or GPU. To the average user, it means you can play HD-quality Flash videos without taxing your system processor. What's noteworthy about this iteration of the Flash 10.1 desktop player? Hardware acceleration, namely via the GPU. Case in point, I played the Dark Knight 1080p trailer clip usually under 10% CPU utilization.Ĭlick on the photo above to see a larger version Bottom line, with the new version of Flash, my system chewed through HD Flash content without breaking a sweat. I downloaded and installed version 10.1.53.64 to kick the tires a bit on my Studio XPS 7100 desktop that I bought not too long ago outfitted with a 1055T 6-core processor with a 5870 graphics card. As I mentioned in my Streak post, when the Froyo upate comes to it later this year, it too will have Flash capability. Despite what you might have read from other companies, I think there's still a lot of interest in being able to play Flash content on lots mobile devices and beyond.Įarlier, the folks at Adobe also released the desktop version of the Flash 10.1 player. Recently, Adobe Labs made the mobile version of Flash 10.1 available to Android users who are running Froyo or version 2.2. Energy, Climate Action & Sustainability.
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