Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:21:22 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: breakthru, maybe.... Message-ID: <20091029062121.GB69616@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <877huevmwe.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <20091028214842.GA68070@thought.org> <20091028230237.6bc97ffd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091028230801.GC68365@thought.org> <a9f4a3860910281644v4bf1ab6fpa3a48539e56936a@mail.gmail.com> <20091029040056.GA69298@thought.org> <877huevmwe.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 06:34:25AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:57 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 04:44:42PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: > >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ > > > > Yes! but i bought the *Intel* 2-duo-core or whatever; not the AMD > > (aDvanced micro Devices) chip. Are these both bit by bit == ?? i > > mean, exactly--software-wise, the same?? > > That's ok. Kurt is right. You can use the amd64 release on Intel Core2 > Duo CPUs too. > > I believe this Wikipedia page will help a bit: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64 thanks very much, sir. i'll check it out thrursday morning [local]. i really, REALLY have not paid attn to hardware devel in years. it's time! cheers, world! -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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