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Voyto	posted on 25th Oct 06 at 14:38
	Ive been using it a while now, ive encountered no problems what-so-ever. Its pretty much the same except a faster boot up. Not worth the bother unless its free and your gonna format anyway. Just make sure all the drivers are available before you do it
Bart	posted on 25th Oct 06 at 06:47
	quote: Originally posted by John x64 is not a step between xp and vista, its a 64 bit version of xp. Vista uses a different driver architecture from xp so I doubt many xp 64 drivers will work properly. that was not worded the best.. it was a test bench version of windows before the mainstream version of Vista x64
John	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 20:33
	x64 is not a step between xp and vista, its a 64 bit version of xp. Vista uses a different driver architecture from xp so I doubt many xp 64 drivers will work properly.
Bart	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 19:47
	indeed. XP Pro x64 is simply a microsoft trial, the step between xp and vista. Not many drivers are supported as its not a mainstream OS, you dont find vendors selling PCs with x64 (generally). Vista will be fully compatible with most things, even x64 drivers i would image.
Skylined	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 15:39
	Don't bother with XP x64 there are no where near enough drivers out for it yet. Wait till Vista come out if you want a 64bit OS
jamied	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 15:37
	mines 64bit dual core, how long u reckon before its usable? seems pointless having it :lol:
ed	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 15:35
	Basically, you'll plug in your camera. It won't work properly. You plug in your printer, you have to bodge a driver for it. You plug in your phone, it won't work at all, you plug in your TV card, it wont work at all e.t.c... It's annoying because I bought a 64bit processor when I should have just bought a dual core. I thought there would be some drivers about now what with Vista coming in a 64 bit version, but I think the 32 bit version will be more popular as dual core processors seem to be more popular.
Doug	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 15:31
	And what about programs? Will it leave stuff installed like office and dreamweaver etc etc?
Doug	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 15:15
	I have gone with the safeside and got XP pro with SP2 :) When I upgrade will it let me keep all my docs or will it delete them?
Doug	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 14:52
	When you say no drivers? Do you mean like when I plug in my external HDD it just wouldnt work?
ed	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 14:38
	It's fast. But there are no drivers for it at all. I gave up on it because it simply didn't work :(
jamied	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 14:31
	would like to know this too..
Doug	posted on 24th Oct 06 at 14:17
	Hi, I need to upgrade my copy of XP Home to have the functionality of pro. Now I can do this for free thanks to the msdaa :D My laptop has a AMD 64bit processor in it so should I get XP64? Or just stick with pro?