Posts: 1387 from 2003/2/15
From: Central Europe
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amigadave wrote:
The main point of my argument for supporting the AArch64, is that it appears that it is growing faster, has cheaper prices at levels of performance that should be more than adequate to run a lightweight OS like MorphOS, and Android, or iOS don't seem to be as dominant as Windows is on x64, so it might be easier to sway new users to MorphOS on ARM devices, than it will be to gain new users on x64.
The people looking for bargain bin hardware are the least likely to spend any money on software, i.e. niche operating systems and applications that are not free of cost. Of course, that is not to say that you should aim for Ferrari-priced hardware because that might ensure every user has proven to have plenty of disposable income.
Nevertheless, targetting the most price-conscious users seems misguided. People who would rather trade 70% of performance to save 20% on cost are the ones who will spam these forums complaining about anybody daring to charge any amount of money for MorphOS. We have seen them in the past and we would see them a lot more in the future.
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Raspberry Pi owners are more likely to try out MorphOS, than people who will need to buy (or who already own) a specific laptop or desktop computer, which they can more easily run Windows, and all of it available software and games, or Linux, which is free, and will have infinitely more software than MorphOS NG when it is released.
Linux is also available on the Rasperry Pi.
Technically, even Windows is available for it, albeit a cut down version aimed at embedded uses.
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It is a matter of who the Dev. Team targets as potential new users and programmers, or just trying to satisfy themselves, and the few hundred users we currently have.
MorphOS targets people who are dissatisfied with the other available choices regardless of what hardware they currently own.
