From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 10:01:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A156106567A for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 10:01:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcasquero@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40BAA8FC18 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 10:01:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcasquero@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1017661ywe.13 for ; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:01:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=N3uCpMdvCpg90Tz9WDSzaU4VtnXUXVF/2XbIMQSf58M=; b=ccbgMmXgYETCSJk+4gfivB148/5JxH3yQ5KEP4FWNBFTE4WNCm8NGwSKofeK2ZMSM3 45bcwoLo0o3qL0BpMixBJxAEmN5n6uo+xxxAteME7VxQGJ4toPx13KE8Jqo4QW//3TAz zxy+/SHNDJPUiHSC35ScvJNGE1dFavgQw3P5c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=LSkbRv19DvywRP5JPXkfwYWAuylUZaVKN2e69xTO73zyFor232hC5LEcgfotu0frZ2 h9Lh9r+evsyJWTDr/touM94c97KrAf1Ea3XdMYyie1B5cV/XoysOPDzaYNjWe54iTSVv g+4es7s9bDrrSCh/Fp4my0zpapFlai5RBuK2s= Received: by 10.150.154.6 with SMTP id b6mr6010322ybe.28.1213004168211; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.185.8 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 02:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:36:08 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jes=FAs_Casquero?=" To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: FreeBSD 7: i386 or AMD64 install ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:01:58 -0000 Hello everybody, I have a question about FreeBSD 7. I have a new laptop (HP Pavillion 6600 series) whose principal function will be programming (Ruby on rails) and a little multimedia and CD,DVD toasting stuff. I have seen there is a FreeBSD/amd64 Project which covers the FreeBSD port to AMD's AMD64 and Intel 64 architecture [1]. The laptop has an Intel Core Duo T8100, 64 bits, processor and 3 GB of memory. Should I install this version or should I switch to the 386 version ? I am looking for good stability compiling with Ruby and enough support of the main devices: Intel Pro 3945 wireless card (through wpi I have read), nvidia driver, etc. These last tips are done with basic funcionality. Is there something that it I have to bear in mind? I have searched the list before posting but I have not found anything definitive Thanks very much in advance. Regards Jesus. [1] http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64.html