Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-22 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Michael Collette wrote: I don't have any bias towards either company. My focus is spending my money on what will actually work. Starting to feel like I'll be looking at the Pentium-D processors. I've got a laptop with a dual core Pentium and it works pretty sweet. AMD 64bit processors

Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-21 Thread RW
On Wednesday 21 June 2006 01:42, Michael Collette wrote: Andy Reitz wrote: In 64-bit mode, that does appear to be the case. However, it sounds like you could purchase an AMD64-based processor, and have everythign work fine in 32-bit mode. Then later down the road, as the software evolves,

Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-20 Thread Michael Collette
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: 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

Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-20 Thread Mark Kane
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006, at 22:35:15 -0700, 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

Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-20 Thread Michael Collette
Mark Kane wrote: Hi. I'm using an Athlon64 3000+ (and the amd64 version of FreeBSD) as my main workstation. I also have another workstation with the same CPU running the i386 version. Here's my opinions: Flash - The 32 bit Linux binary of Flash 7 works in linux-firefox or linux-opera fine in

Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-20 Thread Andy Reitz
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Michael Collette wrote: Any and all feedback is appreciated. For as nice as the AMD64 processor may be, sounds like things are a ways off before the software has fully caught up. In 64-bit mode, that does appear to be the case. However, it sounds like you could purchase

Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-20 Thread Michael Collette
Andy Reitz wrote: In 64-bit mode, that does appear to be the case. However, it sounds like you could purchase an AMD64-based processor, and have everythign work fine in 32-bit mode. Then later down the road, as the software evolves, you could upgrade FreeBSD to be 64-bit and be set. Just a

Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-20 Thread Cor van Wandelen
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:35:15 -0700 Michael Collette [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-19 Thread Michael Collette
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.

Re: AMD64 Desktop Support

2006-06-19 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
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