I got my copy of the the recently released XP Pro X64 off MSDN and a nice key to replace my old pro one off microsoft... I was pretty excited, it installed beautifully, its nice and fast and i was able to find full/beta drivers for everything. However I cant help but feel a little dissapointed: having seen my boss install tiger on his mac last week, i was impressed by the flashy tricks and look that the os has (and I dont like macs), so installing x64 i was thinking "ooh what nice things have microsoft added?": The answer it seems is nothing. x64 looks identical to standard 32bit xp pro. Though you get a 32bit version of IE and a 64bit version of IE (but I hate IE). I have got firefox 32 and a beta of firefox 64 installed so I am happy with that.
I just feel that ms could have made a bit more effort with x64, after all XP has been about for years now, but so far my exploring has yet to come up with anything special about x64... apart from the important fact that my processor is now being used properly (except when running 32bit apps). I look forward to 64bit versions of photoshop and games, movie players etc, so I know it will be a good os to have, i just feel let down by there being no layout changes!
Oh well. I am happy I have it anyway!
I just feel that ms could have made a bit more effort with x64, after all XP has been about for years now, but so far my exploring has yet to come up with anything special about x64... apart from the important fact that my processor is now being used properly (except when running 32bit apps). I look forward to 64bit versions of photoshop and games, movie players etc, so I know it will be a good os to have, i just feel let down by there being no layout changes!
Oh well. I am happy I have it anyway!