On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:32 PM, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> And why *should* they target legacy machines? Exactly how long is >> something supposed to be supported? >> >> Hardware is steadily smaller, faster, and cheaper. Have fun finding a >> new x86 machine these days that *isn't* 64 bit. ARM is still largely >> 32 bit, but that's changing too, and we're likely to see 64 bit ARM in >> server installations for power savings. > > There are still new 32-bit x86 parts being manufactured, notably by > Intel for IoT in their Intel Edison/Quark/Galileo platform(s) > [0][1][2] and DM&P's 86duino platform [3]. The 86duino even boots > FreeDOS.
Yes, there are plenty of 32 bit CPUs still being made, but increasingly they are for embedded applications. (For that matter, tehre are oodles of 8 bit and 16 bit parts still made for the same reasons.) I was talking about what you see if you go to purchase a desktop/laptop/netbook/what have you. IoT kit is not stuff end users will run to access the Internet and browse websites. ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
