Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:55:02 -0800 From: La Temperanza <temperanza@softhome.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Learning about other architectures Message-ID: <20030131235502.08f068c8.temperanza@softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <bulk.927.20030131203102@hub.freebsd.org> References: <bulk.927.20030131203102@hub.freebsd.org>
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I currently own an Athlon XP 1700+ and am toying with the idea of saving up for a computer of different platform- preferably Alpha, or possibly SPARC/IA64/PPC, but I think I could live with using NetBSD if the best choice isn't supported under Free. I'm pretty uninformed, so tell me about some of the alternatives to x86. Will I be able to match or improve performance/stability/etc as a home UNIX user? How is sound and graphics support (since I listen to music, watch DVDs in mplayer and like to play the occasional 3D game)? Are there any other caveats I should know about? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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