Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:02:50 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Processor question Message-ID: <4F3ACBFA.8030204@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> References: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com>
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On 14/02/2012 19:47, Mike Dockery wrote:
> My question is: Should I try the amd64 version of FreeBSD with my Intel
> Core i7-2600 processor or should I use the i386?
Choose amd64 by default, unless you have a specific application that
requires an i386 system. Even if you have less than 4GiB RAM.
Be aware that most 32bit apps can be run on a 64bit system. The
converse is not true. Also, it's a lot easier to pop in some extra RAM
sticks, than it is to convert from i386 to amd64 and then pop in some
extra RAM sticks...
Cheers,
Matthew
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