Windows XP 64bit Edition Release date?

[Riaan]

Hi, anyone from MS that can answer this with a definite
date... Maybe I'm missing something cause as far as I
know this edition is not released yet, but there is
updates for it on MS webpage.... WHY?

 

[Gary Davis]

The 64 bit version of XP is available for both the Itanium and Opteron on
the MSDN subscription site so they must be already released.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Hi, anyone from MS that can answer this with a definite
date... Maybe I'm missing something cause as far as I
know this edition is not released yet, but there is
updates for it on MS webpage.... WHY?

There is a version for the Intel Itanium 64-bit processor. The AMD
64-bit processor (I forget the tradename for it) is not compatible
with that code. MS is working on a 64-bit XP for the 64-bit AMD
processor, which (I think) is expected next year some time.

 

[Riaan]

Hi Gary,

Thank you for your answer... What I was after was the
64bit version for punters like me, who just spent 500GBP
on a new AMD 64bit chip... Any ideas?

 

[John E. Carty]

Hi, anyone from MS that can answer this with a definite
date... Maybe I'm missing something cause as far as I
know this edition is not released yet, but there is
updates for it on MS webpage.... WHY?

It's been out for some time now:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/howtobuy/default.asp

 

[Yves Leclerc]

I do not believe you would need the 64bit XP. 32 bit works on it.

Y.

 

[Riaan]

Thanx 2 every1 that Replied!!!!

 

[Barry Brindisi]

Am I understanding correctly? If I get a motherboard with an AMD 64bit
processor, I then have to use a version of 64 bit Windows XP that is
designed for that processor? I can't go and put that OS on an Intel
Itanium processor? If so then that is a bummer.

 

[Gary Davis]

If you have a Intel Itanium then you would use the Itanium version of XP
If you have a AMD Opteron then you would use the AMD version of XP
Or you could just run the 32 bit version of the OS on the processor.

There are two different versions of the 64 bit software depending on what
processor you have.

 

[Tim Slattery]

It's been out for some time now:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/howtobuy/default.asp

That page talks only about the Itanium version. Itanium's 64-bit
instruction set it (apparently) is incompatible with Opteron's 64-bit
instruction set. AFAICT, a 64-bit Windows XP for Opteron does not yet
exist.

The 32-bit versions of XP will run on either processor. Of course,
that will not take advantage of their ability to run 64-bit code,
which is what you paid all that money for in the first place!