Bad boy Warrior Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 If you dudes are then im definately upgrading.....LOL i always get this info from places like this which makes me look like the hero infront of me women hehehehe
XtremeMaC Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 well i dunno if i'll have any advantages over 32bit for now, i mean it might be a good thing for servers etc. but at least for nowadays i don't think anyone will benefit from switching to 64bit.maybe during summer or i dunno maybe wait for longhorn
^_^ Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 I'll have my new 64bit system setup in the next few weeks, and have already the iso file of the winxp64 beta waiting to be burnt on my hd (got it last week from microsoft), so I'll test it soon; and if it works as good as the "plain" one.... I'll switch to it.But.. will all the unattended stuff of this forum/site work on it? Probably not programs that will run on 64 bit will work the same way.I did an unattended install, office loaded but I didn't run it.Zonealarm does NOT workNorton does NOT workAdaware installed, but I didn't test it.Winzip installed but I didn't test itAdobe reader installed but I didn't test it.The autologin I've been using workedI even used the regtweaks but didn't thoroughly check those all outBut like I said, driver support sucks, so it's definitely not ready for regular use
horsecharles Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Why, that sounds eerily like initial Win95, 98, & XP.......
buletov Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Norton does NOT workofcourse it doesn't....if they would concentrate more on AV then how to crap out your system, it would work (like other good antiviruses, for example)
mtvento Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Norton cannot work as it installs system services and drivers written only for win32...... probably they are going to update them onl official launch Symantec is making money from nortons name and they definetly will follow using this "gold mine".But what about nlite, xpcreate, maxxpsoftunattendedc., an xpize, flyakiteosx etc.? all the hard work of people in this forum, they all need to be updated, for sure many of them.
EliasXP Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 i cant pay a 64bit system , so i will not upgdrade
Dell and Rodney Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 i cant pay a 64bit system , so i will not upgdradethe first post says you can upgrade for free.......not sure if you was aware but thoughtto mention it
soldier1st Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 i will be going to 64 bit and 64 bit oses.
amp_man Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 I'm running an a64 3500+, and I gave the xp 64-bit beta a shot (last version before RC1), and then shot it. Many 32-bit programs don't work (netzero, msvc++, zonealarm, after that I gave up), and it really needs to have some sort of "legacy" 32-bit driver support, I wound up having to dig out my old external serial modem just to find one that windows could support, because there are no 64-bit drivers out except from nvidia. So, I'm now back to 32-bit xp, and very happy, tis much faster than my xp 1800+ :mrgreen: I suppose once it's finally released, I'll probably give it another shot, but even then, I'll be dual-booting until I've made my final choice.
Bad boy Warrior Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 programs don't work (netzero, msvc++, zonealarm, after that I gave up), {/QUOTE]i thought 32 bit were compatible with 64 bit - so does this mean ALL programs have to be redesogned/ recoded for it to work with 64 bit? if so i think were waiting for a few years
suryad Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 I am kind of confused there what do you mean you can upgrde for free? You cant be serious when you say that Bill is giving out free upgrades?!?! What is going on?
jbm Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 I am kind of confused there what do you mean you can upgrde for free? You cant be serious when you say that Bill is giving out free upgrades?!?! What is going on? <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'll upgrade for sure if it's free, but I'm confused too.Is this upgrade for everyone that has 32bit Xp.Or is it like when XP was released? If you bought a computerfrom Dell for instance with 98 installed. it came with acertificate for a free upgrade to XP.
VitoCorleone Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/e...on/upgrade.mspxIt says there thats its for free for 360 days. I don't have 64-bit cpu so cant tell for sure, but check it out yourselfs
Marsden Posted February 28, 2005 Posted February 28, 2005 Microsoft will offer a swap... give us your XP Pro disk and we will ship you a x64 bit version for free.
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