Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:58:34 -0400 From: "Arend P. van der Veen" <apvanderveen@att.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "David J. Neu" <djneu@att.net> Subject: AMD64 vs i386 Message-ID: <46CC32FA.3080900@att.net>
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Hi All, I have a general question. We have access to some new AMD64 based Dell Servers with 2 Core Duo Xeons. We are currently using i386 Dell Servers with a core duo processor. I recall from my MS Windows days that when there was the shift from 16-bit to 32-bit processors it did take a while for applications to support 32 bit. Sometimes 16-bit applications actually ran slower on the 32-bit hardware. I know this is a loaded question: - Will the AMD64 based FreeBSD 6.2 distribution with applications such as Postgresql, Apache, Python, Tomcat and SBCL be able to take advantage of the 64-bit quad processor? Thanks, Arend
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