AMD64 vs i386

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 08:58:34AM -0400, Arend P. van der Veen wrote:
> 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?

This is a very frequently asked question, so you might like to do a
bit of research in the archives or on google.

Kris