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Who has windos 64 bit?
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From what I've used of it, I'd say no. If you already have XP you won't get enough of a peroformance boost to make it worth the extra couple hundred bucks it costs.
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it costs in the 3 digs?
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my dad has it and he hates it. he's constantly complaining about program incompatibilities and how he can't use the new direct x.
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Anything from microsoft does.bri1 said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102034 143 from newegg, so it'd probably be like 300ish in the stores
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is it worth a free 6 month trial?
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If it's free, why not. I would make a new partition tho, and leave the 32 bit one intact.bri1 said:
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If it's free, give it a shot. I'm told that it lacks driver support, however.
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i dont think ima mess with it becuase i saw that like a few months ago and 2 lazy to find the trial again and really i hear badd stuff so screw it i dont whanna go through that pain 
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bri1 said:i dont think ima mess with it becuase i saw that like a few months ago and 2 lazy to find the trial again and really i hear badd stuff so screw it i dont whanna go through that pain
Stay away from it, my friend had massive problems with it and his RAID driver support... In 6 more months 64 bit drivers will be much more standard with the release of VISTA.
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maby then
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where can i find the support?
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bri1 said:
at the microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.mspx
for hardware compatibility:
http://www.3dvelocity.com/articles/win64compatibility/win64hardlist.htm
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jcw122 said:
the newest is 9.0c at the moment...
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As there is a free trial. there is no reasno not to give it a go. But i aggree with 5I*42. Make a new partition, or buy a cheap hard disk to install onto. I ran it for about a month before uninstalling.
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umm
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i just orderd it here $139 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1421770&Sku=M17-7505
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teddy-2 john said:
oh man, i am really gonna miss it when i am out of school... $10 for a winxp pro 32 bit license and a winxp x64 license together... makes me wanna stay in school for a longer time, indeed... not to mention the win2k3 std server licenses we can get for free in some classes... i will be sad when i have graduated...
