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Offline itix

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Re: Mainstream HW vs. Custom Niche HW
« Reply #44 from previous page: October 31, 2012, 09:37:52 AM »
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Can someone explain WHY they have not supported G5 yet? I have never understood how morphos works on g3 and g4 but not g5. G5 would allow a huge increase in cpu speeds and performance. Maybe its just because I never programmed for power pc... But I don't get why this has been a big issue... Or why there has been reluctance on the part of the morphos developers to do. Dosn't seem logical to me to ignore the fastest cpu your os was designed for...?


Laptops. MorphOS already supports 6 different desktops from 400 MHz Efika to 1.8 GHz PowerMacs but only one laptop.
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Re: Mainstream HW vs. Custom Niche HW
« Reply #45 on: October 31, 2012, 11:13:17 AM »
I agree with itix, laptop support was what MorphOS needed, not just one more desktop (albeit more powerful).

This has also lead to the development of completely new OS components, like battery/energy management including CPU throttling, temp management, multi-finger track pad support, etc. WiFi stack and SW is being worked on AFAIK. Stuff like this made MorphOS a laptop capable OS, and iBook support is said to come with the next OS release, making MorphOS on laptops even more available. And the work being put into 3D support for PowerBooks will also benefit previous desktop models. I think they focused their efforts in the best way possible.

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Re: Mainstream HW vs. Custom Niche HW
« Reply #46 on: October 31, 2012, 12:55:33 PM »
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Got a link?

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Nope. Mostly PM with people who wouldn't appreciate being quoted. So I shouldn't have mentioned it.

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Why not g5?

Not ruled out. But some people (like Bigfoot) do not have a G5. And Powerbook was deemed more important.
Something is likely to happen by the time 3.2 is released.
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Re: Mainstream HW vs. Custom Niche HW
« Reply #47 on: October 31, 2012, 02:36:43 PM »
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Nope. Mostly PM with people who wouldn't appreciate being quoted. So I shouldn't have mentioned it.


The joke kind of went over your head there, didn't it? ;)

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Re: Mainstream HW vs. Custom Niche HW
« Reply #48 on: October 31, 2012, 07:35:32 PM »
The future is ARM.  Acorn died but ARM won....
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Re: Mainstream HW vs. Custom Niche HW
« Reply #49 on: October 31, 2012, 07:46:32 PM »
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The joke kind of went over your head there, didn't it? ;)

:lol:

Probably, then again I'm not Andreas so I don't constantly quote links (I don't even know how he remembers them all).
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