From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 20:38:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BFD01065672 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:38:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s6.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s6.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.190.144]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 776808FC08 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BAY165-DS7 ([65.54.190.189]) by bay0-omc3-s6.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:26:45 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [174.252.118.152] X-Originating-Email: [millenia2000@hotmail.com] Message-ID: From: Sean Cavanaugh To: "'Mike Dockery'" , References: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> In-Reply-To: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:26:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQH1aWYF4mqZeLC/BP55PMxLVd8zwpXr2r1g Content-Language: en-us X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Feb 2012 20:26:45.0766 (UTC) FILETIME=[F89D1260:01CCEB56] Cc: Subject: RE: Processor question 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: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:38:46 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mike Dockery Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:47 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Processor question Greetings, I have been a user of Linux since 1994, but most of the linux distros seem to be getting away from freedom... which is why I chose it in the first place. They seem intent on forcing things that do not work well (like pulseaudio and nouveau) on everyone. Freedom of choice is always best. My question is: Should I try the amd64 version of FreeBSD with my Intel Core i7-2600 processor or should I use the i386? I hope to give FreeBSD a try later this month. Thanks, Mike Dockery _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Up to you if you want 32-bit or 64 -bit. Used to be that some of the higher level ports only worked in 32-bit but more and more have been tweaked to work on both now. If you have 4GB or more memory, def recommend amd64. -Sean