Doug
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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 
My laptop has a AMD 64bit processor in it so should I get XP64? Or just stick with pro?
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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would like to know this too..
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ed
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It's fast. But there are no drivers for it at all. I gave up on it because it simply didn't work 
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Doug
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When you say no drivers?
Do you mean like when I plug in my external HDD it just wouldnt work?
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Doug
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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?
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Doug
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And what about programs?
Will it leave stuff installed like office and dreamweaver etc etc?
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ed
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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.
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jamied
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mines 64bit dual core, how long u reckon before its usable? seems pointless having it 
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Skylined
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Registered: 27th Sep 05
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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
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Bart
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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.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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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.
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Bart
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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
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Voyto
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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
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