dammy wrote:
WHO will recode AOS and make the new x86 versions of SW?
You already know that answer, AROS is already x86 and x86_64 native.
The only answer for desktop/laptop is x86/x86_64. ARM is the only real answer for small portable devices. I find these threads rather amusing as if people have not gotten a clue that a new hardware is never going to be released that can make any tech dent in the current marketplace. I find it even more amusing that people could even think the Amiga market is economically viable for any corporation to invest money in to make that dent.
Dammy
I would strongly argue there. ARM is not the only real answer, even among portable makers. The Intel Atom, VIA Nano both make solid x86-capable portable CPU's which are making inroads. New MIPS CPU's are arriving that put the ARM in for a run for it's money. Even the ancient 68k with ColdFire is starting to bring some excitement back to the field. ARM might be 60% of the market, but that is not the "only real answer" any more than m68k was in the mid 1980's, where it was in the top half and Intel was the underdog.
Don't limit your vision, and really the sky is the limit.
Incidentally, to the guy proposing AMD CPU's, I'd actually look into that, but with the OS replacing the BIOS. Keep it in straight 64-bit mode from the get-go.
My thought is, make the desktop raytraced. Make it touch-friendly. Even I, this hw-freak, am willing to concede that the era of the custom all-in-one solution is past. But you can still get some fun stuff out there.
