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Longhorn 8 42.11%
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Old 04-03-2005, 01:02 PM   #31
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gonna stick to something that actually works- Windows 2000 Professional. Does everything I wanted it to do.
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Old 04-03-2005, 01:13 PM   #32
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Hopefully i'll have my 64 bit system by the end of this month. I'll probly be using XP64 on it.
Also i've seen mention of It being free. I've read in a couple of articles that MS will be giving free copies to people that have a legit XP Pro. So I guess that means you'll have to turn in XP Pro to get XP Pro 64.
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Old 04-03-2005, 01:17 PM   #33
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i wonder if they give you XP home 64bit if you have a legit copy of winxp home
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Old 04-03-2005, 01:38 PM   #34
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I believe that there will only be 64bit versions of XP Pro and Windows Server. Then I think all versions of Longhorn will have 32 and 64 bit versions.
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Old 04-03-2005, 01:48 PM   #35
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dunno what im doing. will be getting a laptop in about 2 years before collge--by thne 32 bit will be pretty much extinct. are there any 64 bit linux OS's out there? just wondering, but whatever i have on the laptop will def. be windows for compatability reasons.
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Old 04-03-2005, 02:53 PM   #36
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I just got off win 95
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Old 04-03-2005, 03:40 PM   #37
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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL US!!!??!!! Where can we get the 64 bit winxp pro upgrade for free? OR ... is it even free?
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Old 04-03-2005, 03:57 PM   #38
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I read too that Win XP64 will be free. I assume (and I hate to do that) that you will need to send in your origional XP CD to get the free copy, but I am not really sure. When I build my next system I will be using XP64. And also from what I read, XP64 will be PRO XP64. I don't think they plan on releasing a home version. I just left ME last fall for XP Pro. And what a big difference it is. And alot better as well. Not any crashes yet...
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Old 04-03-2005, 04:39 PM   #39
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dunno what im doing. will be getting a laptop in about 2 years before collge--by thne 32 bit will be pretty much extinct.
Don't count on it. I expect 32 bit to stick around for a while yet, 64 bit is way too small right now. Maybe in 3-4 years 32 bit will be nearly extinct.
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Old 04-03-2005, 05:13 PM   #40
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I'll be riding it out for as long as possible. Until then, I'm tooling around with MEPIS.
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Old 04-03-2005, 05:13 PM   #41
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Well, for now, since im happy with the stability, and comfort of XP, i may stick with that for awhile, and since I hear I can trade my 32-bit XP for 64-bit for free (or something like that), that kind of sweetens the deal abit.

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Old 04-03-2005, 06:00 PM   #42
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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL US!!!??!!! Where can we get the 64 bit winxp pro upgrade for free? OR ... is it even free?
The beta test version is free, if you want to be a tester, but the upgrade will be for "sale" just like any other upgrade.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/6...y/default.mspx
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