AMD64 vs i386

[Arend P. van der Veen]

Hi All,

I have a general question.

We have access to some new AMD64 based Dell Servers with 2 Core Duo 
Xeons.  We are currently using i386 Dell Servers with a core duo 
processor.  I recall from my MS Windows days that when there was the 
shift from 16-bit to 32-bit processors it did take a while for 
applications to support 32 bit.  Sometimes 16-bit applications actually 
ran slower on the 32-bit hardware.  I know this is a loaded question:

- Will the AMD64 based FreeBSD 6.2 distribution with applications such 
as Postgresql, Apache, Python, Tomcat and SBCL be able to take advantage 
of the 64-bit quad processor?

Thanks,
Arend