[openbeos] AW: Re: Support for Ancient Computers?

Most people use older hardware like Pentium II/III. I use two Pentium III
and even much older CPUs. They do what they supposed to do. These Computers
are fast enough to run Office applications an to browse the web. 
I vote for supporting older hardware. ;-)

> While I sympathize with people wanting to use older machines to mess
> around
> (I have a few myself ATM), as a general question, wouldn't it make
> more sense
> to cut ties with this older hardware while Haiku is a fledgling
> system?
> 
> I think it depends on what benefits this might bring. For example just
> how much developer time would be saved if we actively decided not to
> support machines older than some decided age?
> 
> Target i686/x64 for R1, etc? A quite affordable 'modern' system can
> run QEMU
> at P/200 speeds, or just use virtualization. I built a new AMD64
system for a
> friend for around $200 (complete) a few months ago. Used case, 40gb
> drive and
> DVD/CDR drive sure, but the HD can be had for $10 used, and the disc
> drive
> $20 new if I didn't have a couple.

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