From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 20 05:54:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5084116A474 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:54:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 124CE43D45 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:54:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1FsZBy-000FC3-F4; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:54:26 -0600 In-Reply-To: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net> References: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:54:25 -0600 To: Michael Collette X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Desktop Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:54:27 -0000 On Jun 19, 2006, at 11:35 PM, Michael Collette wrote: > Bit of a dilemma here with my primary desktop machine suddenly up > and dieing on me. I'm now in the market to slap together a new PC > > I've started with looking at picking up an AMD64 based system. > After Googling around for a while I still have some concerns I > haven't been able to address. Probably just not looking the right > places. > > Mostly I'm worried about some of the proprietary stuff like Flash, > Acrobat, nVidia Drivers, Java, and the like not working. > > Is anyone out there actively using the AMD64 processor as a desktop > machine? Are any of these 32-bit apps going to prove to be a show > stopper for me? > > The alternative appears to be the P4 with all the motherboards I've > seen using audio devices that aren't supported. Still, I'd rather > buy an old sound card and have all the software at least > functional. Any advice out there? > You can always run the 32bit i386 version on the AMD motherboard if you find out that the above stuff doesn't work so well. I don't use FreeBSD as a desktop so I cannot comment on that part but amd64 issues with flash etc does not mean you have to buy a P4 or other Intel chip based system. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net