Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:00:26 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Remi <MrL0L@charter.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040626230026.GA11047@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <36u7i8$1mbp58@mxip19a.cluster1.charter.net> References: <36u7i8$1mbp58@mxip19a.cluster1.charter.net>
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On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 02:37:54PM -0700, Remi wrote: > Im in the market for a new laptop. Right now I'm looking at HyperSonic > laptops. > > I have a choice between AMD64 3200+ and a P4 2.8GHz with HT. Which one would > you guys recommend to run FreeBSD. Obviously the i386 would be easier to > run, so I guess my question is what is the state of the AMD64 FreeBSD > version? You do know you can run FreeBSD/i386 on the Athlon64 3200+ laptop, right? :-) A 3200+ running 32-bit FreeBSD will out-perform the P4 2.8GHz running the same OS. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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