Fw: To amd64 or not to amd64?

[Gary Jennejohn]

"alecn2002" writes:
> The question is: will I have any benefits if I'll move to amd64 system, or it
> 's safer and better to stay with i386 arch?
> 
[snip]
> Problem-free operation and stability have precedense for me over system speed
> 

The only real advantage of 64-bit over 32-bit is that you can put more than
4 GB of RAM into the box. If you don't plan to do that, then stick with
i386. I've been using a dual-core AMD64 for a while now and I've decided to
stick with i386.

[snip]
> And one side question: will I benefit if I move to amd64 system and install g
> cc-4.1, over current gcc-3.4.4 that came with system?
> And the same - if I'll stay in i386 mode but upgrade to gcc-4.1?
> I mean here both compilation speed and efficiency of generated code.
> 

I can't answer this, but I don't think that all ports and sources are
gcc-4.1 clean yet.

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