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by guappa 307 days ago
> that's less capable than some no-name Android table

You cannot run the software you want on that device, so I don't see how you can claim that.

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Did you read the comment I was replying to? They said old 32 bit systems can still be kept around to be used as a terminal. I replied saying that Android tablets can also be used as terminals with the right SW if that's what you're after.

Or if you have specific X86 terminal SW, use a PC with a 64 bit CPU if you want to run modern PC SW. They've been making them since 2003. That's 23 years of used 64bit HW on the market that you can literally get for free at this point.

Or keep using your old 32 bit system to run your old 32 bit terminal SW. Nobody's taking away your ability to run your old 32 bit version of the SW when new 64 bit SW comes out.