[GLLUG] windowx xp pro

[pdwald]

Sorry I did not intend to discredit your response. All opinions are valid,
they are only different in a sense. When Windows XP 64 came about I also
believed that it was a sort of joke. And drivers support for Windows
historically was also a joke (when I remember that very often I had to
restart the system only because of a new hardware install..)
hardwaresecrets.com is a very cool website I use to visit on regular basis.
-pedro
On 4/28/07, pdwald <pdwald at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am afraid I will have to disagree with you, drivers support on the MS
> world have improveded considerebly; and they are still the ones who have the
> largest base of hardware compatibility. 64 bit computing is the future and
> there are many website (such planetamd) that are dedicated to drivers to 64
> bits architecture. I would not venture in using such OS with legacy hardware
> for sure OS since I would be asking for trouble. NT Kernel of Windows XP
> Prof. 64 has most of the advantages and improvements introduced with the
> Windows Vista kernel without all the overhead that comes along with Vista. I
> have being running Windows XP Pro. 64 in my desktop (an AMD 64 X2 3800) with
> windows xp pro. 64 and it is much better than the previous MS OSs I have
> used so far. For me windowx xp pro 64 ed. has an NT kernel with lots of
> improvements and more stability. I know that windows xp pro 64 was in large
> part test bed for the Vista Kernel (which are all a derivate from the
> original NT kernel). On the other side Windows Vista would be an power
> hungry OS that just don't justify itself and all the development time it
> took to be released.
> I bought  another laptop that comes with Vista Home and I don't like it
> all.  For a long time I used to consider Windows 2k Prof. as the better OS
> ever released by MS (better than the XP Prof), but now I would consider that
> new improvements with xp pro. 64 would compensate for it's more limited user
> interface, besides it has support for 64 computing.
>
> Yeah, I know that buying a retail version of MS OS was kind of stupid; but
> my sponsor bought it for me, and I committed one of the most stupid acts of
> my life in broken the seal of the box, otherwise I could go back to best buy
> and exchange it for something else. The ones I bought are all OEM version.
> There are people who like retail version and most likely they on ebay (I
> will try there).
>
> My sempron has an Albany core and it does not have  support for 64 bits
> instruction set (verified with cpuid, and linux /proc/cpuinfo). The turion
> that I bought is not an X2 and it comes with huge improvement in performance
> and a L2 Cache of 1MB, and generates far less heating (don't know if the
> bios of my notebook supports dual core). I called Acer asking for a Service
> Manual but they refuse to provide one arguing that it is proprietary stuff.
>
> thanks for your input,
> -pedro
>
> On 4/27/07, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
> >
> > Be careful with the driver support.  The last I recall, XP 64-bit was
> > mostly a joke as almost no hardware manufacturers would support and as
> > always, Microsoft Windows driver support tends to be a joke.
> >
> > Semprons can be 64-bit too, it just depends on which you get:
> > http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/201 .  But, for a laptop, a
> > Turion
> > is probably a lot better bet (especially if you get an X2 chip).
> >
> > It's been a while, but somewhere around five years ago, the going rate
> > for a full Windows XP Professional license was about 170 and dropped
> > well under $140 shortly after (one of the major office stores' on-line
> > branch, think it was Office Depot, so Computers4Sure).  If you need a
> > copy of Windows, I would strongly recommend you try to look for OEM or
> > CA copies instead.  Almost nobody pays retail (in fact, the big
> > manufacturers pay something close to $10 per license).
> >
> > pdwald wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I know that may not be right forum to announce it, but we all have to
> > > deal with interoperability. I bought a retail version of windowx xp
> > pro
> > > for my notebooks, but I decided to upgrade the processor from a
> > Sempron
> > > (that is 32bits) to an AMD Turion 64 MT37 Lanscaster 2.0 1MB L2 and
> > > ended up buying a copy of Windows xp prof. 64 edition since for me
> > > Windows Vista is very much a resource hungry operating system. I paid
> > > US$299 for the retail version ofr windows xp pro, but would be selling
> >
> > > it for US$239. If anyone is interested, please contact me.
> > > -pedro
> > >
> > >
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