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Windows XP 64-Bit Customer Preview Program
MBCook writes "I just notice that Microsoft has a new Windows XP 64-Bit Customer Preview Program starting today (February 3rd). If you have a AMD Opteron or Athlon64, you can go to the download page to get your copy. It's a pre-release copy that will expire in 360 days (which probably means the final will be out by then). Now Intel just changed their 64-bit plans, and all of a sudden this appears. Speculate away!"
"I just notice" that this post wasn't proofed before it was posted.
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I appreciate the link to Microsoft's website. I've been looking all over for that thing and haven't had any luck finding it. You've saved me from a lot more time spent searching, my friend.
I went to the site and odered a copy of the CD. First Microsoft OS I have bought for many years, but for $US7.95 (including international delivery) the price is quite reasonable and comparable to the competition.
And it's still got Solitare.
:)
Ooooh, I never thought of that! Anyone have the benchmarks on how much faster solitare is in 64-bit?
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Windows XP.
What is it all about?
Is it good, or is it whack?
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I suppose it means windows will take 1/2 the time to crash and at least twice as long to write out dump files
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Damn, I never get it straight. Is this software free as in speech or free as in beer? Since the software is only good for about a year, I'd guess this is free as in beer, because my beer has an expiration date too. But does that mean Linux is free as in speech because it doesn't have an expiry? Of course some really skunky beers don't either. Now, can you have free as in beer in a cathedral? All the cathedrals I've been too serve wine. So is this free Windows free as in wine?
See, it's this kind of thing that is holding up the adoption of Linux. It's too confusing.
I wonder if a 64 bit OS will make any performance difference for the average desktop user.
Of course! We need an operating system that will support a pointer to all the RAM on the planet.
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems is only compatible with 64-bit
You will need 64-bit RAM and a 64-bit CPU and the latest versions of Disk64, Monitor64 and Soundcard64 with the extra-fast super-amazing 8064-bit VIDEOZAP ULTRA MEGA ZING FLAPPA ULTREON WOW VIDEO card.
"Then can I write this 27-line spreadsheet?"
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
After installing this release on my MSI K8T-Neo Board, I have no drivers for scanner, printer (LPT1 unsupported...), ISDN PCI Card, Wireless LAN card and many other things.
I spent nights searching and begging for drivers. Thank you Microsoft for bringing this truly Linux user feeling to the Windows platform.
Bla bla beowulf bla bla.
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Yeah, dude, I remember hearing on Art Bell's show about this guy who made a carburator that could get something like 100 miles per gallon in a Lincoln Continental. He took it to all the big auto manufacturers, but they were so tied up with the big oil companies that they turned him down. He threatened to take it to the Japanese car makers and HE DISAPPEARED! It's like the cold fusion technology that the government got from aliens that they're keeping at Area 51...if they let it out, then the oil companies will go out of business. Since the oil companies contribute so much to the politicians, the politicians aren't going to give out that technology. SO WE'RE STILL DEPENDENT ON OIL!!!
Man, I hear you. I'll bet that Intel has some kind of connection to the silicon industry and they're just keeping us tied to slow chips so that the silicon wafer makers won't go out of business. It's all a conspiracy. I'm so glad that Art Bell is back. I really miss Miss Cleo, too.
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> "we will need MORE than 4 gigs of ram"
Absolutely. Just to be able to run a mail program.
Bloat on, you slacking fucks!
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From the xp_amd64.txt file on the downloaded iso:
:)
512 megabytes (MB) of RAM (minimum)
I'm sure that Microsoft would never deliberately mislead anyone, so this must be a simple error on their website or in their release documentation.
There's a first time for everything.