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Date:      Thu, 30 May 2013 14:22:01 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Michael Gass <mgass@csbsju.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Should I move to amd64 ?
Message-ID:  <CA%2BtpaK0q3PFByEnaXtrEu4MdmvTr4vtp%2Bw7keRx7c2TZ87QOgw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130530180442.GB7711@csbsju.edu>
References:  <20130530180442.GB7711@csbsju.edu>

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Given your description, no you should not move.

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Michael Gass <mgass@csbsju.edu> wrote:
>
> I am currently using a 9.1-RELEASE with an i386 install.
> The hardware is a core 2 duo with 2 GB of RAM.  My video card
> is an ati radeon hd 2400 xt. Things work fine.
>
> Would I gain anything by starting over and doing an AMD64 install
> or would that be a bad idea?  Would my system perform better, worse,
> or the same after the change? I may eventually bring the memory up
> to 4GB, but not anytime soon.
>
> I understand some ports my not work - like WINE - but I do not use
> WINE. Would there be other problems?
>
> --
> Michael Gass
> mgass@csbsju.edu
>
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