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Windows XP-64 Delayed Into 2005
vincecate writes "Although
Windows XP on AMD64 was demoed at ComDex in 2002,
Microsoft is now
delaying the release till the first half of 2005.
Given Microsoft's history on this product, it could be
even more than a year before it is really released.
At least
one person at Intel says they did not ask Microsoft to delay
the release.
In any case, for the near future if you want to run a 64 bit operating
system you will either be using
one of the free Linux versions
or the
free download of Windows XP-64 beta.
Though Sun started well after Microsoft, they are
progressing well on their Solaris port to AMD64 and could well release earlier."
It has extensions but it is far far far from being 64 bit all the way. Now I remember why I quit at Apple...good lord people.
[RIAA] says its concern is artists. That's true, in just the sense that a cattle rancher is concerned about its cattle.
... run an operating system with such a pitiful track record for lack of security and stability.
Anyone who runs a Microsoft operating system is guilty of indirectly contributing to the viruses, trojans, worms, blatant lack of security, and all the other problems which face MS users.
It's like owning a firearm and lending it out to any stranger who asks to use it, regardless of what that use will be.