Re: Install i386 or amd64?

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio.caruso%googlemail.com@localhost>]

On 25 January 2014 12:52, herbert langhans <w3%langhans.com.pl@localhost> wrote:
> I have to change my laptop, my nostalgic Thinkpad x31 blew up (I really
> liked it). Successor will be a Lenovo B590. I wonder what NetBSD will be
> ideal for it.
>
> The processor of this laptop is a 64bit thing, its of the Intel i3 family.
> And the NetBSD/amd64 states, that it is designed for '64-bit x86
> architecture' and 'this covers all recent AMD and Intel models'.

Unless you're going to be using applications that don't compile on
x64, then I would go for the amd64.

The only example of application that I wanted to install from binary
on amd64 and couldn't is emulators/wine. But it night well compile
form sources, I haven't tried yet.




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Ottavio Caruso