WindowsXP on 64-bit Opterons and Xeons

[A. Fuentes]

Fellow WindowsXP Netters:

I have a 64-bit Intel Xeon processor machine currently running
Linux.

1)Will WindowsXP/2000 run in a 64-bit processor machine?
2)If so, is there a emulator to run the 32-bit Windows Applications
on this 64-bit machine? or will the a 64-bit machine can run 32-bit
applications as well?

3)If not, is there a way to run WindowsXP/2000 in a 64-bit machine?

Any light/advice/thoughts about the above issues will be greatly
appreciated.

Cheers,

Al Fuentes

 

[Gary Davis]

The Intel Xeon is a 32 Bit processor.

The Intel Itanium is 64 bit along with the AMD Opteron.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi,
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/techinfo/planning/techoverview/default.asp

 

[Steve C. Ray]

Win XP 32 bit version will run on the AMD 64 bit CPU. The XP 64 bit version
for AMD will be out sometime in 2004.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Fellow WindowsXP Netters:

I have a 64-bit Intel Xeon processor machine currently running
Linux.

1)Will WindowsXP/2000 run in a 64-bit processor machine?
2)If so, is there a emulator to run the 32-bit Windows Applications
on this 64-bit machine? or will the a 64-bit machine can run 32-bit
applications as well?

THere is a 64 bit version of Windows XP Pro for Itaniums: the one for
Opterons is currently in a fairly late stage of Beta and you should not
have long to wait for it

AFAIK there will be no version of Win2000 - it would be expected that
any new machine would use XP (or Win2003 Server)