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Bochs 2.0 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the inside-the-outside-the dept.

Jas Sandys-Lumsdaine writes "Bochs 2.0 has just been released - project lead Bryce Denney writes: "It's been a busy 6 months since our previous release! Bochs is now about twice as fast as version 1.4.1. Also, we can now emulate MMX instructions, SSE/SSE2, and even AMD x86-64 instructions if you turn on the appropriate configure options. The emulation improvements have paid off; several people have been able to install Windows XP recently." Excellent stuff."

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  1. Re:Trade off ? by Gyan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If I want to use Linux only, but am stuck with Photoshop. I can install stripped down W9x with Bochs. Then run Photoshop (or any app where Wine doesn't cut it) on that without rebooting.

    So, what's the f*king perf tradeoff instead of running PS on a directly installed W98 ??

  2. Re:Would it have been so hard to say... by Spyffe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is truly an incredible display of poor moderation. Shame on you, folks.
    I propose that the lameness filter be extended to check whether posts consist entirely of text lifted off all pages the story links to.
    I think I speak for most of the community when I say that I put a great deal of effort into writing good posts (not just for the mod points, but for replies) and seeing posts like this get modded to +5 is depressing.
    I also think, however, that the original poster was not malicious, since he/she posted anonymously. It's only the moderation that is atrocious and sets a bad precedent.

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