Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:40:51 +0100 From: Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd> To: birdfund@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 vs amd64 Message-ID: <893FBAE2-FDB6-4E8F-AC66-F3D421D3BB9A@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <20121128123623.4A29.AA011270@yahoo.com> References: <20121128123623.4A29.AA011270@yahoo.com>
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On Nov 28, 2012, at 6:36 PM, mike miskulin <birdfund@yahoo.com> wrote: > About to build a replacement system for an older i386 setup. A few > years ago I had tried the amd64 port on it and found it was frustrating > as things that just worked on i386 did not on amd64. IIRC ports were > large annoyance too. > > Now I have a new system with 8GB, etc,etc and wonder if I am best off to > stick with i386 and PAE or is the amd64 version finally on a par or > close enough that I would not likely have many issues like in the past? > > Thanks for your thoughts/(recent) experiences. What port was that ? I've never had a *single* problem due to using amd64 over i386. From a professional point of view, we're using over 60 amd64 fbsd 8.0 8.1 8.2 and 8.3 boxes at work and they work just fine. I for one can recommend the 64 bits version.help
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