Really good news in this is, I read this here for the first time, that the Beta release will support 64 bit machines. This will be essential for acceptance of HAIKU because these days all desktops sold are 64 bit and people will only consider 64 bit OS’es for their machines even if 32 would do in theory.
Lots of good stuff happening lately, keep up the good work, the Beta release will be soon then!