64-bit WindowsXP available for download

[spazzmattah]

But it's only for Opteron and Athlon64 systems. Sorry Intel....

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/downloads/upgrade.asp

[dead_man311]

i geuss now i can start looking in to getting a 64 bit chip ill probly still wait a yr or two mine in my sig have enought to go me throw. but its cool to see them actuall working on a 64bit windows thanks for the link

[DaddyB]

Originally posted by spazzmattah
But it's only for Opteron and Athlon64 systems. Sorry Intel....

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/downloads/upgrade.asp

Psst there is a 64bit version of windows xp that is strictly for IA-64 chips (Itanium) and it has been out for a few years now. Then they released the 3 versions of server 2003 in 64bit using IA-64 as well. Note that those are full OS's, fully supported and available for purchase; while M$ has this to say about the download you are refering too:

This program provides an opportunity to preview the next generation of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition while the product is still under development

[XWRed1]

It is supposed to be real anemic for drivers, Linux probably has better driver support.

32-bit apps take a performance hit because of Microsoft's implementation, even though the hardware doesn't dictate that a hit is necessary.

Apparently Themes must contain executable code because they aren't supposed to work.

I downloaded it last night along with Win2k3, installed Win2k3 but it bsod's on boot. Back to 64-bit Linux.

[DaveB]

I downloaded and installed both without any problems last night. I tried some 32-bit apps on XP 64-bit which ran OK. But, my D-Link Wireless NIC 32-bit drivers won't load in either OS. Of course, I had the same issue with Linux.

[XWRed1]

You can't use any existing drivers with Windows for x86-64, the vendors have to produce new drivers for everything.

In Linux, all the drivers I used recompiled just fine 64-bit. If you were trying to use binary-only drivers from D-Link, that would be a problem though.

[spclwpns]

How much ??? Can't be free...........

[rogue3092]

It's free for a year. Not long enough to see any real apps coded in 64 bit :p