[haiku] Re: New alpha?

  • From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:59:50 +0000

On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 13:52 +0100, Jaroslav Šmíd wrote:
> I always come into stubborn people, keeping saying its all about ammount 
> of physical memory.

Actually, it's more about the complete inability to run 64-bit OSes.

There are no advantages and only disadvantages.  I've *tried* 64-bit
Linux, and the apps I use are noticeably slower - all pretty heavyweight
DSP stuff, where you'd think the extra registers would help.

Gordon MM0YEQ


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