[grebc]

“Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing.

> Edit: I understand a motivation if it is on simplicity choosing one or the other, but other than that I don't see why that should ever be a goal worthy to be pursued. Software should really "just work" no matter the number of bits and bytes.

Not really how software works.

[Aldipower]

> “Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing.

Just sold my SGI Indigo 2 for 900 $ ! Vintage 64 bit is absolutely a thing. :-)

[amuradbegovic]

they said PCs

[trashb]

The DEC 3000 would like to have a word with you.

[Aldipower]

It even has 64 bit "word" size!

[nocman]

Yeah, DEC Alpha was the first thing to come to my mind. I guess some might argue it wasn't a "PC" - if you don't include what used to be called "workstations". This is largely because PC meant "personal computer", and very few people could afford their own DEC Alpha - they were very pricey ($20k at some point in the 90's, I believe).

[RobotToaster]

Itanium was released 25 years ago now...

[hnlmorg]

Whilst that’s definitely old in computer terms, even “retro”, is it old enough to be “vintage”?

Personally I’d have said it isn’t. But these terms are subjective.

[rob74]

"Vintage" usually refers to actually old stuff, while "retro" refers to new stuff that looks/sounds/feels like old stuff. So GentleOS is a retro OS designed to run on vintage hardware.

(That distinction wasn't clear to me either, so I had to look it up - TIL).

[hnlmorg]

That’s not true in computer terminology. “Retro” has a long history (“vintage” you might say haha) of referring to old hardware and software.

Just type the word “retro” into YouTube (for example) and you’ll see thousands of videos from hundreds of channels spanning decades talking about old games and computers.

Eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_gaming