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I wouldn't say x64 is targetted at home users, thats what Home Edition and
MCE are for. x64 is more of a Enthusiast and Technical user OS.
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"Soma11" <> wrote in message
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> Ditto to the above, For all the MS critics, XP64 should show them MS has
> fantastic programmers who have produced a good start for the WIN64 OS -
> for business and home use.
>
> AMD should be thanked too for showing 64 bit extensions provide a good
> transition for those of us who started with Win 3.0 and have stuck with MS
> OS all the way up. We have a lot of investment in the existing 32 bit
> applications and don't want to toss all of them yet. It will be a while
> for users to buy new systems, but we went from 486 to Pentium/Athlon and
> now AMD64/Intel 6?.
>
> "Littlebloomers" <> wrote in
> message news:776E3811-4CC2-4D68-922D-...
>> Thank you all for your quick replies, that answers my questions.
>>
>> My goal with multi-booting RC2 was to see what 64-bit computing had to
>> offer
>> me, which is what I suppose the CPP was all about.
>>
>> I have pretty much discovered what Microsoft already warned people about,
>> and that is that 64-bit computing at this point offers very little to the
>> typical home end-user (such as myself). Even the 64-bit version of Far
>> Cry
>> is hardly revolutionary at this point, although I do hope with the gaming
>> hardware explosion that developers take advatage of the possibilities of
>> a
>> 64-bit OS in the near future.
>>
>> I do congratulate Microsoft on a very, very smooth transition to a 64-bit
>> OS. The installation and user interface are very familiar, and the RC2
>> (and
>> I imagine RTM) seems very stable. Everything except WinDVD Platinum
>> installed without a hitch, and all my hardware (except digital camrera)
>> was
>> supported. However, I think I will remain in the comfort of 32-bit
>> computing
>> at this time.
>>
>>
>
>

En <news:>,
Darrell Gorter va escriure:
> However since the most common means of obtaining media for x64 will
> be via OEM media. ( Eval, MSDN, and Volume are the others).
> OEM media does not upgrade Eval media,

Am I correct in understanding that if you install the Trial version
("Windows XP Professional x64 Edition trial software", "soon to be available
for download" or shipped on CDs) would *NOT* be upgradable to no-timebomb
status using the OEM media?

It was my understanding that such a version could be updated after
installation (thus avoiding a full reinstall), but if OEM is not an option,
then only the TAP media could do it. Correct?


Thanks for your insights anyway, that's great support.

Antoine