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Windows XP 64 availability?

post #1 of 8
9/10/05 at 3:57pm
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Microsoft lists Alienware as a vendor who pre-installs XP 64 but I haven't found any information their site regarding XP 64.

I'm not really savoring the idea of needing to install an unsupported OS in order to tap the hardware potential of my machine but I don't see anywhere on the Alienware site to get a supported version of the same. Obviously at this point nobody really *needs* the 64-bit version since there's virtually no third party 64-bitness available but it'd be nice to have it ready to just install and run when the time comes.

Did I miss something? (Unreasonably optimistic theory follows...) Do they put the 64-bit Windows on 64-bit machines by default? Do they offer it at all?
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post #2 of 8
9/10/05 at 4:40pm
one word, vista, it will be more stable and supportive of 64 bit apps, than test case xp 64 will ever be, i would advise anyone to give xp64 a wide berth atm and just wait for vista and the first service pack.....

as far as am aware its only xp hoe n pro that AW sells
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post #3 of 8
9/10/05 at 4:46pm
I am not even thinking about a new computer till vista and UT2007 are out.
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post #4 of 8
9/10/05 at 5:13pm
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Originally Posted by EVIL-SCOTSMAN
one word, vista
You mean Windows XP Second Edition

All of the interesting features have been scrapped. All we can look forward to are 3D desktops and more realistic wallpapers. OOOHHH, sign me up!
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post #5 of 8
9/10/05 at 5:27pm
nope, if it was xp second edition then it would be called xp second edition, i agree most stuff been ripped out of it, thats why i said with sp1, as a good few things will be put back in with that, albeit in a few years after it released but it will never be what it was claimed to be when it was first announced, also vista will be a shitload better than xp 64 is..... but since its still windoze it will always be crap

also regarding the sarcastic sign me up remark, i bet you will be among the first to own a non h4xed version.... since it will make your chip perform better. unless you wanna be stuck in the darkages...

but i see what you mean by xp SE
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post #6 of 8
9/11/05 at 12:02pm
The MJ-12® 7550a offers Windows XP 64. I agree, you don't really need it unless you are really pushing the barriers of 64 bit computing. And only very few applications can take advantage of it (only server or rendering is as much I have currently seen).

You also need 64 bit drivers for everything, if the manufacturer of a device that you have does not have 64 bit drivers it won't work.

Currently, gaming in XP64 is something you won't get much advantage in, if you get stuff to work properly, the current WXP64 video card drivers from NVIDIA and ATI are 64 bit betas. Stick with XP Home or Pro.

Edit: You'll be amazed how much people I get at work (I work at a local computer shop) asking how much WXP 64 may improve their gaming or office applications and if they can have it on their systems. And yes, how well it may work on their Pentium M or their 32-bit P4 or AMD XP/Duron based systems
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post #7 of 8
9/13/05 at 5:07pm
Screw 64-bit, I'm 128-bit.
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post #8 of 8
9/13/05 at 9:03pm
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Originally Posted by DeathBringer769
Screw 64-bit, I'm 128-bit.

yup but u still get ownd by my 26684573579641209493847476327262874673432332278 bit operating system, unfortunatly, my 64bit cpu cant make it work tho
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