Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:30:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Reitz <reitz@eecs.cwru.edu> To: Michael Collette <Metrol@Metrol.net> Cc: Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Desktop Support Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.53.0606202028500.14129@brak> In-Reply-To: <449891DA.70507@Metrol.net> References: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net> <20060620015644.629b47a2@localhost> <449891DA.70507@Metrol.net>
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Michael Collette wrote: > Any and all feedback is appreciated. For as nice as the AMD64 processor > may be, sounds like things are a ways off before the software has fully > caught up. In 64-bit mode, that does appear to be the case. However, it sounds like you could purchase an AMD64-based processor, and have everythign work fine in 32-bit mode. Then later down the road, as the software evolves, you could upgrade FreeBSD to be 64-bit and be set. Just a thought, -Andy.
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