XP64 goes Gold
Microsoft announced late Wednesday that it has sent four 64-bit versions of Windows into mass production. Windows XP Professional x64 as well as the server editions 2003 Standard x64, 2003 Enterprise x64 and 2003 Datacenter x64 are expected to be available in late April.
Here is a chapter from the article:
It brings up an interesting point: How does Windows XP64 run 32-bit software? The answer is ‘easy’ and points us into the future. The structure that does the job is called WOW64 - Windows on Windows 64. It’s something called an emulator and it points the way to the future of Windows (you know… that thing code-named Longhorn).
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Intel 64-ready finally
Are you 64-bit ready? Vote in the new poll
I know there's a lot of AMD users more than there were 5 years ago, so I'm trying to figure which Intel chip is consumer & 64-bit?
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