Ben Hermans still staunchly against x86

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@runequester

But surely most of the code would be in C and the parts where bit order are important would be limited.  But without access to the source it's only a guess, but I don't think we're talking major rewrite here.  You also have the advantage that the software currently available can easily be recompiled and a rosetta layer should not be necessary.

But as others have said, it likely would be of benefit to users only and wouldn't help Hyperion....

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@ElPolloDiabl

Haiku-OS looks good though.  Still I think the OS wars have moved on to Tablets and Haiku's chances are slim to make any real impact.

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@vidarh

But the real question is how many people would be using OS 4 if they ported it to X86, not that people are willing to pay a hefty premium to run it on X1000.  If Hyperion sold OS 4 for say €100 or €150 and you could run it on a certain proportion of standard equipment or VirtualBox, I would have plunked down the cash six months ago.  I'm sure there are others who feel the same.

I don't think anyone is against Hyperion making a living off it's product, but there is so much good stuff out there making demands of my bank account, some of it starts with small i, but there are some neat Android tablets too and phones and video players and and and.  Plus being able to run on X86 you double the value of the X86 equipment you purchase.  Not only is it your MS Windows/OS X/Linux workhorse, it's also your aOS play toy.  Every core, every GB of RAM, every GB on your graphics card gets doubled by being both your work and play machine.

Essentially X1000 plays to the hard core, what I'm looking for plays to the enthusiast with a limited budget...

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Nobody knows what Jay Miner would have done, but my personal belief is that he would have gone to the tablet world, it should be possible to beat both iOS and Android, they both feel like they lack something, but I can't put my finger on it.

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Yes, Amiga Inc licensed the name AmigaOS to Hyperion and the Amiga name to Commodore USA.  They also licensed 3.1 to Hyperion, so as far as it goes the license thing is just small print and makes no difference in terms of day to day business.