well, the traditional desktop market is shrinking and intel has lost its edge. I dont think x86 will survive much longer as ARM has set its foot into the classic PC domain with Mac shifting away from x86.

I'd rather prefer a cheap and reliable platform that'll be still supported in 10 years. From the user's perspective a raspberry sounds really nice as it is cheap and has a huge userbase (with a lot of techies and nerds just like the amiga in its heyday who love to fiddle around with their machine).

Releasing MorphOS on a x86 machine wouldnt generate as much interest and buzz as a release on the Raspberry Pi. MorphOS is way better than RiscOS and more leighweight than linux. It's a win win situation imo.

You also have to bear the question, if that specific x86 Mainboard will still be available in 10 or 15 years after the release. Today we can still buy PowerMac G5s and Powerbooks as those systems are all defined by a standard configuration and thus easily identifiable. On x86 you will have to look for a specific mainboard which mets the exact requirements for morphos. I dont think this is going to be an easy task. Resourcing compatible hardware will be way harder. Alternatively the MorphOS team will have to keep adding support for more x86 hardware on a regular basis.

[ Edited by Cego 18.09.2024 - 11:09 ]