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06-14-2004, 10:59 AM
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Anyone using the Free XP 64bit?
Maybe I should have built that AMD...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/6...ds/upgrade.asp I noticed this was posted at MS Feb third and I have not seen much on it.
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06-14-2004, 02:02 PM
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It's been posted before but some benchmarks show actually less performance with Win64. The latest I have seen show a 8% gain over 32-bit systems, mainly b/c of better written drivers.
This is why M$ has released this preview version (available for 360 days if i remember correctly) so that companies see the need and can write 64-bit drivers, which is the key to selling Win64, drivers.
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06-15-2004, 06:12 AM
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Microsoft letting you try something out first without giving you an earbashing about how great it is, thats a first.
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08-21-2004, 04:39 PM
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is it only good for 1 year and then you have to purchase it or is it the full version? can't see microsoft giving away a full version of xp.
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