Can someone explain why (and/or *if*) this is the case? If it's just a prebinding thing, I can do that myself.Note: under mac you will notice significant performance improvements from running it directly out of the dmg file, but you can copy the Vega Strike application and setup into /Applications with no adverse effects aside from a slightly slower startup time.
Mac: why is the disk image faster?
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Mac: why is the disk image faster?
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I don't really know how DMG's work, but it's possible that if DMG's are compressed, it may speed up loading times on a slow hard drive.
Macs may also load the entire image into RAM while opening it, so most stuff will be pre-cached from the disk.
If you have a slow processor or not much RAM, however, playing from the disk may be faster
Macs may also load the entire image into RAM while opening it, so most stuff will be pre-cached from the disk.
If you have a slow processor or not much RAM, however, playing from the disk may be faster