Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:54:25 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Michael Collette <Metrol@Metrol.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Desktop Support Message-ID: <A52E3CE6-AF26-4F55-B18B-D9350BE9C0CC@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net> References: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net>
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On Jun 19, 2006, at 11:35 PM, Michael Collette 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? > You can always run the 32bit i386 version on the AMD motherboard if you find out that the above stuff doesn't work so well. I don't use FreeBSD as a desktop so I cannot comment on that part but amd64 issues with flash etc does not mean you have to buy a P4 or other Intel chip based system. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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