[haiku] Re: New alpha?
- From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@xxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:03:05 +0000
On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 01:37 +0100, Jaroslav Šmíd wrote:
> I feel sad... I feel very sad that you continue to make x86-32 version
> in times when every desktop CPU out there is x86-64. ... Almost crying
> ... Would be much better if x86-32 version was discontinued and work
> started on x86-64 version only (preferably with no way to run x86-32
> apps so that the move is faster).
Well, that would stop a huge segment of the Haiku userbase from using
Haiku. I would drop Haiku instantly if it was 64-bit only. I'm not
going out and buying a new laptop just because you want to faff about
with 64-bit stuff.
Haiku runs really well on older systems - why would you want to shut
those users off?
64-bit is a pointless waste of time, unless you *need* more than 4G of
RAM. In which case, you're probably running some horking great database
server which suggests something that's *not* Haiku ;-)
We don't need to cripple Haiku with slow, claggy, bloated 64-bit builds.
It's nice and quick the way it is. Keep it that way.
Gordon MM0YEQ
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