Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:47:23 +0200 From: Cor van Wandelen <wanderingidea@casema.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Desktop Support Message-ID: <20060621024723.282db558@bsdbox.cable.casema.nl> In-Reply-To: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net> References: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net>
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On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:35:15 -0700 Michael Collette <Metrol@Metrol.net> wrote: > Bit of a dilemma here with my primary desktop machine suddenly up and > dieing on me. I'm now in the market to slap together a new PC > > I've started with looking at picking up an AMD64 based system. After > Googling around for a while I still have some concerns I haven't been > able to address. Probably just not looking the right places. > > Mostly I'm worried about some of the proprietary stuff like Flash, > Acrobat, nVidia Drivers, Java, and the like not working. > > Is anyone out there actively using the AMD64 processor as a desktop > machine? Are any of these 32-bit apps going to prove to be a show > stopper for me? > > The alternative appears to be the P4 with all the motherboards I've > seen using audio devices that aren't supported. Still, I'd rather > buy an old sound card and have all the software at least functional. > Any advice out there? > > Thanks, I tried the AMD64 version some time ago. Unfortunately I have to use Win'XP sometimes and an ext2 filesystem with the right Windows driver enables me to share files between XP and FreeBSD. For me 'Problem Report amd64/69704 : ext2/ext3 unstable in amd64' was the reason to switch back to the 32 bits version of FreeBSD again as it locked up every time I wrote or read a ext2 filesystem. Cor
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