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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. How well does it work? by PoiBoy · · Score: 1, Redundant
    How well does Bochs compare to other emulators such as Wine? Is there still an advantage to paying $250 for VMWare, or are these emulators "good enough for what you'd do with it" (as my father used to say)?

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  2. Re:Would it have been so hard to say... by kcbrown · · Score: 1, Redundant
    They did say that ... by posting a link to the Bochs website.

    Jesus, people, read the goddamn links before you go off and criticize the editors for omitting important information.

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