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      Microsoft Updates 64-bit Windows XP Preview Editions

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      Peter Galli
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      August 18, 2004
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        As it makes moves towards a single Windows platform for 64-bit computing, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday offered to customers in its preview program new 64-bit desktop software builds as well as a fresher Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition.

        In addition, the Redmond, Wash. company said it had changed the name of its Windows XP 64-bit for Extended 64-bit Systems to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

        This prerelease software, which support both Intel- and AMD x64-compatible platforms, is available for evaluation through the Customer Preview Program for the XP Professional x64 Edition and for the Server 2003 Edition.

        Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is expected to ship in the first half of 2005 as it is part of the Windows Server 2003 SP1 ship schedule and will be released at the same time as that product. Microsoft said in July that it was pushing back these releases from the end of this year as a result of delays with Windows XP SP2

        /zimages/1/28571.gifClick here to read a eWEEK Labs analysis on availability of 64-bit applications for the enterprise.

        A Microsoft spokesman told eWEEK on Wednesday that Windows XP Professional x64 Edition will be priced at the same level as the current 32-bit Windows XP Professional Edition, while the Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions will be priced on par with the existing 32-bit Windows Server 2003.

        Microsoft has also been working on a new x64 Technology Exchange Program. Under this program, Microsoft will allow customers with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Opteron and Intel Corp. Xeon processors with EM64T servers running 32-bit Windows to exchange their operating system for the forthcoming 64-bit Windows Server 2003 variants for free.

        “The new technology exchange program allows customers of any size—from consumer through enterprise—the ability to buy x64 hardware with 32-bit Windows today and move to 64-bit when it is available. This can be an OEM or system builder machine, or even a PC that the customer builds on his or her own,” the spokesman said.

        Windows XP Professional x64 Edition will include near-feature parity with the 32-bit version of Windows XP Professional, including the device infrastructure to support a range of solutions. The spokesman said it will provide customers the versatility and choice to continue receiving benefits from their existing investments in 32-bit computing as well as the ability to easily take advantage of the latest cutting-edge 64-bit applications.

        Updates to this latest beta version include current 32-bit features such as the Luna user interface, Windows Messenger, Windows Media Player, Movie Maker 2, Bluetooth support infrastructure, wireless support infrastructure, Power Management, support for .NET Framework 1.1 and language support for a number of Asian and European languages.

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        Peter Galli
        Peter Galli has been a financial/technology reporter for 12 years at leading publications in South Africa, the UK and the US. He has been Investment Editor of South Africa's Business Day Newspaper, the sister publication of the Financial Times of London.He was also Group Financial Communications Manager for First National Bank, the second largest banking group in South Africa before moving on to become Executive News Editor of Business Report, the largest daily financial newspaper in South Africa, owned by the global Independent Newspapers group.He was responsible for a national reporting team of 20 based in four bureaus. He also edited and contributed to its weekly technology page, and launched a financial and technology radio service supplying daily news bulletins to the national broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, which were then distributed to some 50 radio stations across the country.He was then transferred to San Francisco as Business Report's U.S. Correspondent to cover Silicon Valley, trade and finance between the US, Europe and emerging markets like South Africa. After serving that role for more than two years, he joined eWeek as a Senior Editor, covering software platforms in August 2000.He has comprehensively covered Microsoft and its Windows and .Net platforms, as well as the many legal challenges it has faced. He has also focused on Sun Microsystems and its Solaris operating environment, Java and Unix offerings. He covers developments in the open source community, particularly around the Linux kernel and the effects it will have on the enterprise.He has written extensively about new products for the Linux and Unix platforms, the development of open standards and critically looked at the potential Linux has to offer an alternative operating system and platform to Windows, .Net and Unix-based solutions like Solaris.His interviews with senior industry executives include Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Linus Torvalds, the original developer of the Linux operating system, Sun CEO Scot McNealy, and Bill Zeitler, a senior vice president at IBM.For numerous examples of his writing you can search under his name at the eWEEK Website at www.eweek.com.

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