06-09-2015, 11:42 PM
I know this been discussed to death. But I am curious what is the future plan for this emulator? This app is amazing and really enjoyable to use. One of the big question mark above everyone head is the 64 bit support. I understand that it make thing harder to transition to 64 bit. I already read threads discussing about this very thing but unfortunately they are very old thread and it the year of 2015. I noticed many big company is dropping support for 32 in the favor of 64. Even some app don't need it but they are going with the time instead of be falling behind. There is rumors that Window 10 will drop the support for 32 bit. I can understand why they are doing that because it is a lot of resource to maintain both build.
There is one article that discussed this very thing. Last year, 63% of the Window OS download is 64 bit. Since it is last year and Win10 is coming next month. I imagine that percentage will bump to 80% or 85%. and the possibility that Win10 could drop 32bit. 64 bit for consumer been around since 2002.
One of the biggest concerns is the future. If Window actually drop the support of 32 which they should have done it long time ago if it wasn't for legacy support. If Microsoft actually drop it, I am sure that this emulator will have a slight issue with compatibility with 64bit OS.
*I just look up more information. Apparently They are still support 32 but the way they sound like they don't want to have 32 support but need to support because of legacy system.
I understand that there is a need to rewrite the code to get the plugins to work in 64bit. But I believe it a good thing since it will add more flexibility and compatibility with the system in the future.
So what the plan?
There is one article that discussed this very thing. Last year, 63% of the Window OS download is 64 bit. Since it is last year and Win10 is coming next month. I imagine that percentage will bump to 80% or 85%. and the possibility that Win10 could drop 32bit. 64 bit for consumer been around since 2002.
One of the biggest concerns is the future. If Window actually drop the support of 32 which they should have done it long time ago if it wasn't for legacy support. If Microsoft actually drop it, I am sure that this emulator will have a slight issue with compatibility with 64bit OS.
*I just look up more information. Apparently They are still support 32 but the way they sound like they don't want to have 32 support but need to support because of legacy system.
I understand that there is a need to rewrite the code to get the plugins to work in 64bit. But I believe it a good thing since it will add more flexibility and compatibility with the system in the future.
So what the plan?