Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:49:44 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: mike miskulin <birdfund@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 vs amd64 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211281045570.66068@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20121128123623.4A29.AA011270@yahoo.com> References: <20121128123623.4A29.AA011270@yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, mike miskulin wrote: > About to build a replacement system for an older i386 setup. A few > years ago I had tried the amd64 port on it and found it was frustrating > as things that just worked on i386 did not on amd64. IIRC ports were > large annoyance too. > > Now I have a new system with 8GB, etc,etc and wonder if I am best off to > stick with i386 and PAE or is the amd64 version finally on a par or > close enough that I would not likely have many issues like in the past? > > Thanks for your thoughts/(recent) experiences. Do you use emulators/wine? If not, switch to amd64. In fact, even if you do, switch to amd64 to use that 8G of memory. Building 32-bit Wine on amd64 is a hassle, but packages are available and I think there is a 64-bit port on the way.
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