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More info?)
Hello
For the Intel Itanium chips there are Windows XP versions available as well
as Windows Server 2003 versions.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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>From: adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes)
>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
>Subject: Re: 64 bit processors
>Date: 22 Apr 2004 12:10:27 -0400
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>In article <2c5801c42882$bc8d68a0$a601280a@phx.gbl>,
>John <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>Are the current versions of XP compatible with the new
>>lines of the 64 bit processors and mobo?
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>Yes and No.
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>Intel Itaniums require WIndows Server 2003 operating system,
>and probably Linux. (Linux runs on everything)
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>AMD Opteron/Athlon64 chips run XP fine, in 32 bit mode and, from what
>I've heard be comparable to the fastest currrent Pentiums. There is an
>early beta version of XP available but I don't know how to get it.
>64 bit versions of Linux are available, and solid, since there have been
>big 64 bit Unix machines available for years and all the 32/64 bit
>issues were sorted out of the Linux code a long time ago,
>
>I expect in 32 bit mode you can't use memory greater than 2GB.
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