Ben Hermans still staunchly against x86

[haywirepc]

It would not cost much to get os4 running on any x86 computer.
There are some open source ppc emulators...
They could build something fairly easily to run their current binarys on x86 if they wanted to. They don't, and god knows why.
 
Even if you did port all of os4 to x86 it would not take many years as people have said. 1 person could probably port the whole thing in under a year if he was a competent os development guy.
 
By whole thing I mean the core os, and essential support programs Not
regular apps. Once the os is ported, let others port specific apps.
 
Os4 will die a slow painful death I think. Maybe some day when it gets hopeless enough they will open source it and let someone else
port it to real hardware.
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

I don't think anyone minds paying for exotic hardware when it actually does things other hardware won't. I have a friend who built a 4 quad cpu
pc (16 cores total) just because he could, and also because he does 3d rendering and other processor intensive tasks.
 
4 quad core processors and motherboard, case, ps, keyboard, mouse, sound and video cards, all cost him less than this x1000 joke.
 
The problem I see is that they are charging ridiculous prices for a processor that any 500$ cheapo pc can absolutely run rings around.
 
For 2000-3000$, I can build a 16 core x86 beast that would absolutely
smoke anything the x1000 can do. Kinda hard to decide instead, I'm
going to buy a 2ghz ppc with amiga os, oh and only one core will
be useable by my os... ? They are joking right?
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

I think the number of people who complain about the entry price here, coupled with the fact that this is the exact market for os4 (amiga users) speaks volumes. They are shooting themselves in the foot... Even hardcore amiga fans can't afford to use it, so they have no hope anywhere else.
 
I'm very happy with winuae and playing with aros. Someday I'll buy a mac and morphos. I doubt I will ever buy or use a ppc os4, and thats a real shame. I just can't justify the ridiculous price.
 
I can buy a brand new windows/linux pc, build a custom aros pc, buy a mini mac and morphos, and still have money left over... OR I could buy an x1000?
 
It must truly be a labor of love for them, they have no hope whatsoever of ever making any money out of os4.
 
Steven

[haywirepc]

Being wrong 12+ years ago dosn't make you right today...
 
It makes you more wrong and pig headed.