On Sat, 23 Jul 2011, Rugxulo wrote: > Hmmm? Where'd you hear that? Dumping stuff that isn't 64-bit? > Personally I have my own theories and wouldn't be too surprised, but > I'm not sure that's the truth. We'll probably see a 32-bit version of > Win8, but by 9 they'll probably dump it (blind guess). Then again, if > Win8 is truly two years away (like rumored), I guess anything's > possible.
Wouldn't be the first time. > "You folks" as in FreeDOS?? Or just in general? Not sure what this > means, heh. I admit that DOS developers are very few these days :-( > but there's no reason to abandon DOS. Heck, it might get relegated > to VMs (esp. with UEFI and stupid AMD64), but it'll still "live" > there. I got the feeling over time that a lot of the devs around here were more interested in FreeDOS as an OS for emulation and running legacy apps on Linux, where I was always more interested in a DOS for running natively, - I guess it's just different goals. > Personally I think 64-bit is overrated (and never gives the speedup it > claims except in very rare number crunching), but it's unavoidable since > nobody (ahem, MS) wants to support PAE, and everybody drools at having > gigs of RAM (that they don't need, natch). There's certain special cases that need that much. My main computer runs 32-bit Linux on a 64-bit CPU; but I have an i7 running Windows 7/64 with 4 cores and 8 GB RAM because it's a heavy encoding machine and needs the extra grunt. (delogo, 720p, etc.) -uso. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization engage- ments, worldwide. Store less, Store more with what you own, Move data to the right place. Try It Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427378/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
