Re: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD

From: David O'Brien (obrien_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 06/27/04

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To: Remi <MrL0L@charter.net>

    On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 02:37:54PM -0700, Remi wrote:
    > Im in the market for a new laptop. Right now I'm looking at HyperSonic
    > laptops.
    >
    > I have a choice between AMD64 3200+ and a P4 2.8GHz with HT. Which one would
    > you guys recommend to run FreeBSD. Obviously the i386 would be easier to
    > run, so I guess my question is what is the state of the AMD64 FreeBSD
    > version?

    You do know you can run FreeBSD/i386 on the Athlon64 3200+ laptop,
    right? :-) A 3200+ running 32-bit FreeBSD will out-perform the P4
    2.8GHz running the same OS. 

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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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