From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 16:30:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230EF1065670 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:30:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+W4=8ff14f2c@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2828FC0C for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:30:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+W4=8ff14f2c@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DCE923E4A0 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:30:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:30:23 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080614173023.63617572@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <4853EB91.5000800@cwis.biz> References: <4853E03A.3040307@cwis.biz> <4853E84D.80901@FreeBSD.org> <4853E895.5030801@cwis.biz> <20080614155433.GB3065@shepherd> <4853EB91.5000800@cwis.biz> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 64-bit? [Thanks!] 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: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:30:58 -0000 On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:02:25 -0500 Ryan Coleman wrote: > Thanks everyone! > > I'm going to do a fresh install to a new drive that I am picking up > in an hour or so from a local retailer. If this is a server than you almost certainly should go with the 64 bit version. If it's for a desktop then I would suggest you search the list for the pros and cons - I'm not going to go into them, it's been done to death.