From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 21 00:42:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC2716A47B for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:42:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Metrol@Metrol.net) Received: from smtp.testequity.com (gateway.testequity.com [205.147.14.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF4AA43D6B for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:41:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Metrol@Metrol.net) Received: from smtp.priv.testequity.com (unknown [192.168.3.27]) by smtp.testequity.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A45713C41A; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:41:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.3.172] (mach172.priv.testequity.com [192.168.3.172]) by smtp.priv.testequity.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92DC6C29F; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:41:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <449895EF.5090407@Metrol.net> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:42:23 -0700 From: Michael Collette Organization: Metrol.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060607) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andy Reitz References: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net> <20060620015644.629b47a2@localhost> <449891DA.70507@Metrol.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Desktop Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:42:21 -0000 Andy Reitz wrote: > 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, I was thinking along those lines as well, but then the money starts to kick in. The dual core Pentium is a much lower price than the dual AMD64. By the time the software is truly ready to go 64-bit, I think I'd be better off buying a system at that point. Maybe they'll be selling quads by then :) Later on, -- "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." - Yogi Berra