When is Windows XP 64 bit edition coming out?

[Cha0s]

When is Windows XP 64 bit edition coming out?
is this the "Longhorn" ?

 

[Malak]

It is definitely not longhorn. XP 64 is just a 64 bit version of XP. Longhorn is an entirely new version of windows.

 

[shortylickens]

Holy crap man!!
You have mucho Juavos starting a thread like this!
So many others have already gotten into the discussion other places, I worry this might just start a flame war.

Simple answer:
NO ONE knows for sure.

Complex answer:
Many people are speculating. Just look around the web (Google) and you'll find a ton of folks talking about it. Many seem like goobers to me, but heck, goobers need a place to let loose too.

(Sorry for my english and spanish)

 

[spyordie007]

Might as well give him a ballpark.

It is supposed to come out sometime in the first half of this year.

 

[rahvin]

Inquirer says April 29th

 

[imverygifted]

what year 😛

 

[Tweakin]

Beta is out now...I'm waiting for mine to arrive. I'm curious to see what the difference really is.

 

[JetBlack69]

"When it's done."

 

[revolutn]

Waiting?

You could just download it and expedite your suffering. 😛

Let me spare you the suspense....the biggest difference is hours of trying in vain to find x64 drivers for your hardware. :disgust:

So far.... I recall similar things when I beta'd 98 but this seems worse this time around.

 

[spyordie007]

I recall similar things when I beta'd 98

The 98 beta could run a good number of devices with the 95 drivers.

Windows XP 64 bit requires "new" drivers (recompiled for the 64 bit arch.).

If you want a fair comparison think early windows 95 beta days

 

[bsobel]

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is due first 1/2 of this year (x64 indicates support for 64bit extensions). The true 64 bit version for the Itanium has been cancelled.