From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 17:40:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F674F08 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:40:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-wi0-f174.google.com (mail-wi0-f174.google.com [209.85.212.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0FD88FC0C for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:40:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f174.google.com with SMTP id hm9so4917152wib.13 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:40:54 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer :x-gm-message-state; bh=2sC34FIwwtNt8LcGyKIVaUkZ0s269qccGKwSJqwcI3k=; b=U5TCU9GIfNDeN8pC/YwLQasook4BTxDsP/ObGOO7RhsgNtf7NzI2sXNp1/EyNa6OTI 3QT66g/4ipINzjafHDGrvSxXbWMG7+0V3lSciFriOt5A3mWxKxwLhzhOGpYEEPuELc4b aRLGrSRinE2CideTNI5P5Z2E5peKLISqQRG/3lo8bq/wWVo6tmJNd4WAmfdqkkDhKr6G g5NkZbVW7U+mfqPzw9PzV+Fdl9KdtwPilZWSd3I/WQ4hZrLAQca8lugqFue08MZb4f+B 1w3ahAahIJJMA31Uoz61Dm0q7sEXzprMOJKLQsVQwGQ/mZzcM+X78u282XfdKLWjHt0V OzHg== Received: by 10.216.200.160 with SMTP id z32mr7440255wen.53.1354124454134; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:40:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from dfleuriot-at-hi-media.com ([83.167.62.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ec3sm7861597wib.10.2012.11.28.09.40.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:40:53 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: i386 vs amd64 From: Fleuriot Damien In-Reply-To: <20121128123623.4A29.AA011270@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:40:51 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <893FBAE2-FDB6-4E8F-AC66-F3D421D3BB9A@my.gd> References: <20121128123623.4A29.AA011270@yahoo.com> To: birdfund@yahoo.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnFlQeiJwqys6OY/7E0iB/PfxyIQLQ5PyEduN5zjCKt/AvxEAzRDlkqh2y4GLLJd0MNf9mf Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:40:56 -0000 On Nov 28, 2012, at 6:36 PM, 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=20= > large annoyance too. >=20 > 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? >=20 > Thanks for your thoughts/(recent) experiences. What port was that ? I've never had a *single* problem due to using amd64 over i386. =46rom a professional point of view, we're using over 60 amd64 fbsd 8.0 = 8.1 8.2 and 8.3 boxes at work and they work just fine. I for one can recommend the 64 bits version.