Winows XP 64bit

Mr. Apocalypse · 26th Jul 2005, 06:02 PM

I hear a rumor that Micro$oft is letting people upgrade their XP 32bit to 64bit for free. When I checked it out it was asking for a credit card. DiD I miss it? or is the credit card for like referencing or something that doesnt make sense but still gives me a small ray of hope that I can get XP 64 for free (and legal)

Keganator · 26th Jul 2005, 06:09 PM

Shipping?

Derelan · 26th Jul 2005, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Apocalypse

I hear a rumor that Micro$oft is letting people upgrade their XP 32bit to 64bit for free. When I checked it out it was asking for a credit card. DiD I miss it? or is the credit card for like referencing or something that doesnt make sense but still gives me a small ray of hope that I can get XP 64 for free (and legal)

I dont think they'll charge your credit card without you knowing :P

Mr. Apocalypse · 26th Jul 2005, 07:51 PM

There is no price listing at all, just an insert credit number here slot, and then mailing address stuff, I guess it could be shipping.

Mappie · 26th Jul 2005, 10:51 PM

I thought that you could download it from their site and try it out for "x" number of days. But I never botherd due to the fact that I dont care yet. That and the last windows OS that I run will probably be XP 32..... Hopefully. Some new linux distributions are looking good. anyways.. peace

Derelan · 26th Jul 2005, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mappie

I thought that you could download it from their site and try it out for "x" number of days. But I never botherd due to the fact that I dont care yet. That and the last windows OS that I run will probably be XP 32..... Hopefully. Some new linux distributions are looking good. anyways.. peace

"In order to install this application you have downloaded, you need to un gzip it, untar it, compile it, and run it."

Arethusa · 26th Jul 2005, 11:06 PM

Yes, it's true that you can send in your 32 bit copy and get a 64 bit copy for the cost of shipping. No idea what that specifically costs. I don't even know what Windows costs.

ravens_hawk · 27th Jul 2005, 12:34 AM

Windows XP costs $3.20 (USD)
At least that's what they claimed at customs.

Mr. Apocalypse · 27th Jul 2005, 06:07 AM

Windows XP 32 bit OEM $140
Windows XP 64 bit OEM $145

(from newegg)

I guess shipping isnt that bad, even though it is/was downloadable from Miscro$oft itself.

TheShiningWizard · 27th Jul 2005, 12:37 PM

The obligatory...

SaraP · 27th Jul 2005, 12:52 PM

If you want it, get it NOW; July 31 is the last day you can get a free upgrade through the Technology Advancement Program. And no, you don't have to surrender your 32-bit WinXP; you just give them your product ID. Shipping and handling is $12, and they started shipping July 14...I'm expecting mine any day now.

erehwoN · 27th Jul 2005, 09:00 PM

I was going to do that a few months ago, but didn't because I couldn't find anyone else who had tried it with a similar rig as mine. So.....those brave souls who do install it.....please let me know how it goes.

Derelan · 27th Jul 2005, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SaraP

...you just give them your product ID.

Oh.

sandworm · 27th Jul 2005, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erehwoN

I was going to do that a few months ago, but didn't because I couldn't find anyone else who had tried it with a similar rig as mine. So.....those brave souls who do install it.....please let me know how it goes.

Installed it and never use it. No daemon tools support for it (yet), no nostromo drivers for it, and it didn't have drivers for my adaptec scsi card that xp32 had, so 3/4 of my optical drives are useless. That was just from trying it for half an hour.. who knows what more usage would have turned up. Worth less than the nothing I paid for it.

Lt. · 28th Jul 2005, 03:58 PM

Worth less than nothing.

if you are such a numbnuts that you need to pay your 200 bucks for crap, just wait until Longhorn comes on your new Alienware machine. there is no reason to upgrade your OS to 64 bit right now, there are no applications to take advatage of it, and 64bit-XP isnt a fully functional 64bit os.

that being said Linux is a fully featured 64bit os, and many distros have the software to take advantage of it. (for the record im sitting under linux right now.. looking at the links i use to play INF, Guild Wars and UT 2004 on my overclocked nvidia card... any of you waking up yet?

)

Crowze · 28th Jul 2005, 04:45 PM

Guild Wars has a Linux client? Impressive... although not quite enough to make me switch back since I do play a few Windows-only games.

Arethusa · 28th Jul 2005, 04:48 PM

Is Longhorn/Vista going to be fully 64 bit? I've been thinking of building a new computer, but dropping 2k doesn't seem worth it with the current hardware/software market.

Lt. · 29th Jul 2005, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crowze

Guild Wars has a Linux client?... since I do play a few Windows-only games.

no, Guild Wars is a silly little game written for silly gumdrop computers.
Cedega

Buying it and supporting amaturish programmers (forgodssake *I* can use OpenGL, what is *their* problem.) was a tough decision, but no subscription fees was enough of a dont-be-evil push for me to go ahead.

26th Jul 2005, 06:02 PM	#1
Mr. Apocalypse My brain must be broken Join Date: Oct. 16th, 2001 Location: Everywhere but here or there Posts: 1,097	Winows XP 64bit I hear a rumor that Micro$oft is letting people upgrade their XP 32bit to 64bit for free. When I checked it out it was asking for a credit card. DiD I miss it? or is the credit card for like referencing or something that doesnt make sense but still gives me a small ray of hope that I can get XP 64 for free (and legal) __________________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."-- The Bhagavad-Gita, quote by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer I am so 1337.. ppl call me 1338!

26th Jul 2005, 06:09 PM	#2
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26th Jul 2005, 07:51 PM	#4
Mr. Apocalypse My brain must be broken Join Date: Oct. 16th, 2001 Location: Everywhere but here or there Posts: 1,097	There is no price listing at all, just an insert credit number here slot, and then mailing address stuff, I guess it could be shipping. __________________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."-- The Bhagavad-Gita, quote by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer I am so 1337.. ppl call me 1338!

26th Jul 2005, 11:06 PM	#7
Arethusa We will not walk in fear. Join Date: Jan. 15th, 2004 Posts: 1,081	Yes, it's true that you can send in your 32 bit copy and get a 64 bit copy for the cost of shipping. No idea what that specifically costs. I don't even know what Windows costs. __________________ "Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein." "Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keels. Makes her home."

27th Jul 2005, 06:07 AM	#9
Mr. Apocalypse My brain must be broken Join Date: Oct. 16th, 2001 Location: Everywhere but here or there Posts: 1,097	Windows XP 32 bit OEM $140 Windows XP 64 bit OEM $145 (from newegg) I guess shipping isnt that bad, even though it is/was downloadable from Miscro$oft itself. __________________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."-- The Bhagavad-Gita, quote by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer I am so 1337.. ppl call me 1338!

26th Jul 2005, 10:51 PM	#5
Mappie --Total World Domination-- Join Date: Nov. 9th, 2002 Location: maryland, USA Posts: 297	I thought that you could download it from their site and try it out for "x" number of days. But I never botherd due to the fact that I dont care yet. That and the last windows OS that I run will probably be XP 32..... Hopefully. Some new linux distributions are looking good. anyways.. peace

27th Jul 2005, 12:34 AM	#8
ravens_hawk Registered User Join Date: Apr. 20th, 2002 Posts: 468	Windows XP costs $3.20 (USD) At least that's what they claimed at customs.

27th Jul 2005, 12:37 PM	#10
TheShiningWizard Because it's more fantastical. Join Date: Jun. 26th, 2000 Location: New England Posts: 2,644	The obligatory... __________________

27th Jul 2005, 12:52 PM	#11
SaraP Registered User Join Date: Feb. 12th, 2002 Location: The Land of the Governator Posts: 935	If you want it, get it NOW; July 31 is the last day you can get a free upgrade through the Technology Advancement Program. And no, you don't have to surrender your 32-bit WinXP; you just give them your product ID. Shipping and handling is $12, and they started shipping July 14...I'm expecting mine any day now. __________________ "The larger number of rounds carried inside the M9 and replacement magazines means that the soldier can stay in the fight longer before having to perfect his/her pistol throwing skills." - USGI M1911/M1911A1 Service Pistols: M1911 vs. M9 , author unspecified "A woman in Milton Township, Michigan, discovered a Glock .40-caliber pistol in her kitchen. She put it in the oven. That night, the family decided to cook a pizza and preheated the oven. There was a round in the chamber, and the intense heat caused the weapon to discharge, killing a male infant who was sleeping about 25 feet away in the living room." - The Major Cause of Gun Accidents -- People's Own Stupidity by Brian Carnell

27th Jul 2005, 09:00 PM	#12
erehwoN The Bass Ackwards BTL Join Date: May. 30th, 2001 Location: Wyoming, USA Posts: 1,711	I was going to do that a few months ago, but didn't because I couldn't find anyone else who had tried it with a similar rig as mine. So.....those brave souls who do install it.....please let me know how it goes. __________________ -[AFA_2]erehwoN In Hoc Signo Vinces. Reality is an illusion caused by lack of alcohol. AFA's Homepage :: New AFA Forums :: INF's Official IRC- irc.gamesurge.net #Infiltration

28th Jul 2005, 03:58 PM	#15
Lt. Elitist bastard Join Date: Aug. 11th, 2004 Location: in urban Michigan(mostly) Posts: 286	Worth less than nothing. if you are such a numbnuts that you need to pay your 200 bucks for crap, just wait until Longhorn comes on your new Alienware machine. there is no reason to upgrade your OS to 64 bit right now, there are no applications to take advatage of it, and 64bit-XP isnt a fully functional 64bit os. that being said Linux is a fully featured 64bit os, and many distros have the software to take advantage of it. (for the record im sitting under linux right now.. looking at the links i use to play INF, Guild Wars and UT 2004 on my overclocked nvidia card... any of you waking up yet? )

28th Jul 2005, 04:45 PM	#16
Crowze Bird Brain Join Date: Feb. 6th, 2002 Location: Worcestershire, UK Posts: 3,552	Guild Wars has a Linux client? Impressive... although not quite enough to make me switch back since I do play a few Windows-only games. __________________ Infiltration \| Sentry Studios

28th Jul 2005, 04:48 PM	#17
Arethusa We will not walk in fear. Join Date: Jan. 15th, 2004 Posts: 1,081	Is Longhorn/Vista going to be fully 64 bit? I've been thinking of building a new computer, but dropping 2k doesn't seem worth it with the current hardware/software market. __________________ "Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein." "Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keels. Makes her home."

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