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64-bit Windows XP Tested And Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the more-bitness dept.

sebFlyte writes "64-bit Windows is nearly here, despite Microsoft quietly dropping support (and plans for it) for the Itanium on XP ... Windows XP for x64 RC1 has been tested, seemingly fairly thoroughly, and actually looks like a stable OS."

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  1. What, you say? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First the Windows anti-spyware outperforms ad-aware and spybot s&d now you're saying this thing looks like a stable OS?

    Who are you and what have you done with Slashdot?

    I, for one, will NOT welcome our new MS-loving overlords.

  2. This article is useless without torrents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Er, I meant pictures.

  3. Looks like a stable OS by IO+ERROR · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every version of Windows looks stable. Just wait until you get that first STOP error.

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    How am I supposed to fit a pithy, relevant quote into 120 characters?
  4. And in other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    MS Buys /.!

  5. Wait a minute..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Two pro-MS summaries on /. in one day?

    Satan is putting the snow chains on his SUV as we speak.

  6. Re:How about... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...spelling "Windows" as "Windose" does not make you more credible in a Linux crowd.

    Of course it doesn't.
    You need to spell it Windoze.
    The 'z' makes you really credible.

  7. Which one? by CrkHead · · Score: 4, Funny
    "actually looks like a stable OS."

    So, what OS does it look like now?