From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 12:36:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1E16A4CE; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:36:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from coruscant.rfc1149.org (coruscant.rfc1149.org [217.160.130.147]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E43E343D1F; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:36:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arne@rfc2549.org) Received: by coruscant.rfc1149.org (Postfix, from userid 110) id 99D5C3FC4; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:36:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kamino.rfc1149.org (kamino.rfc1149.org [2001:8d8:81:11::2]) by coruscant.rfc1149.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF7B73CE9; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:36:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: by kamino.rfc1149.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ED37726; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:36:27 +0200 (CEST) To: "Remi" In-Reply-To: <36u63c$231i65@mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net> (MrL0L@charter.net's message of "Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:28:34 -0700") References: <36u63c$231i65@mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net> From: Arne Schwabe Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:36:27 +0200 Message-ID: <86r7ry35is.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on coruscant.rfc1149.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: cc: 'Kenneth Culver' cc: 'Michal Pasternak' cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:36:32 -0000 "Remi" writes: > Well I just got an email back from the manufacturer of the AMD64 laptop I > wanted to buy. Im not sure how it works when switching 64 to i386, but they > say it's not supported in the BIOS(I assume this is where it is suppose to > be changed) So now I come to a cross roads: > 1. Buy a 1.7 Centrino > 2. Buy a P4 2.8GHz w/ HT > 3. Buy the AMD64 laptop > > What is the state of the AMD64 version of BSD? Other than that im leaning > toward the 1.7GHz Centrino, but I hear a lot of problems with FreeBSD > working right with Centrino, is this correct? What are the issues? You can't change the cpu speed while running at the Moment, I don't see any other iusses at the Moment with my Notebook (IBM T40). Arne