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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution
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>> So use the amd64 ;)
>
> Is the amd64 distribution mature enough, as compared to the i386?

yes

> Aren't there any problems to be expected to arrive, months after
> initial install and way in the production usage ??
no.

the only reason that people use FreeBSD/i386 on 64-bit processors is that 
some binary-only drivers are only availaboe for i386.