[haiku-development] Re: x86_64 haiku build

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:29 AM, François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Appart wasting memory on page tables there are really few advantages on
> 64bits for a *desktop* OS today. Even OSX claims to be 64bit "from the
> bottom" while it actually still has a 32bit kernel that just happens to
> allow 64bit processes, so I heard...
>
> François.
>
>

I just got a copy of a Circuit City flyer this week. The 'standard' PC
now has 4 gig and the high end retail compaqs and HP's have 6 gig with
windows 64. This is what is considered mainstream today, so we're not
even talking about professional workstations.

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