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Microsoft Unveils 64-Bit Windows Beta

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:49 am
by Apoptosis
Some interesting news coming from PC World this morning!
Newest build of renamed Pro and Server versions enhance security, networking.

Microsoft has made available the latest builds of its 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, which each features a handful of new improvements including the Luna user interface, Windows Messenger, Windows Media Player, infrastructure support for Bluetooth, and the .Net Framework 1.1.

Company officials also announced on Wednesday they will change the name of the desktop version to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. They are also changing the names of the various server versions of the product, which will now be called the Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition, and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition.
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:52 am
by infinitevalence
Good thing they are changing the names, because people had a realy hard time figureing out the diffrence between Win XP and Win XP 64bit, but now that its Windows XP x64 its much clearer.