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We get asked about the performance of VW on the OS X platform a lot. Yes, we recognize that what we have out there now really isn't acceptable. In 7.3 (out late November this year), we are addressing this.

At the moment, the OS X version of VW uses the native Window system (as it does on all platforms) to open Windows and to make low level graphics calls (for the emulated GUI). On OS X, we the native interface has not been stable enough. In 7.3, we are instead going to rely on X11 on the OS X platform. The good news is that this results in a far more stable product - the bad news is, you have to have X11 installed for this to work.

X11 ships with OS X, so if you don't have it installed, it should be easily accessible. Yes, we realize that this is not an ideal solution - and we intend to revisit this choice when we do native widget support (post Pollock, in the future). In the meantime, it's the fastest route to a far more stable OS X platform.