64-bit Windows imminent

[MarineCorps]

IDF: After a long wait, 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Server 2003 should ship within weeks

Microsoft is planning to offer long-awaited 64-bit versions of its Windows operating system next month.



Speaking at the Intel Developer Forum on Tuesday, Windows chief Jim Allchin said the desktop version of the souped-up Windows would come at the beginning of April, while the server version would come at the end of the month.

"We're locked on to 64-bit," Allchin said, encouraging developers to start tailoring their applications to include the ability to take advantage of the extra processing power.

Last month, Microsoft released a second, near-final "release candidate" version of the operating system. The company had promised a final release would come by the end of June.

The 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 have been a long time coming, particularly for chipmaker AMD, which has offered such chips for roughly two years in the server market and 18 months in the desktop PC market.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/windows/0,39020396,39189754,00.htm


haha. So close. Through I notice it isn't to long after Intel released their own 64bit desktop CPU. :mm:

 

[IbnSina]

'bout time...

 

[Padma]

64-bit Linux has been available for some time, now....

 

[MarineCorps]

64-bit Linux has been available for some time, now....

Yes you have made us aware of this fact before. Bryce sadly does not support Linux yet so I have to stick with windows.

 

[MarineCorps]

'bout time...

Yes but the onyl thing is my cheapest huess is that this is going to cost probaly $200 knowing M$ priceing policies.

 

[Padma]

Yes you have made us aware of this fact before. Bryce sadly does not support Linux yet so I have to stick with windows.

Well, Bryce supports Mac OSX, which is really just FreeBSD with a fancy front end. It would be a snap to recompile for Linux. Just nag the company to do so.

(Proprietary software *does* have a place.)

 

[Zakharov]

64-bit Linux has been available for some time, now....

As have 64 bit Xeon and Opteron processors, which are used in systems that 64 bit Linux has been aimed at.

 

[ainwood]

You can download a free 360-day trial version of WinXP 64 from here. Its the release candidate version, so hopefully (unlike the beta), it <might> include a few more drivers!