Windows XP 64 bit

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

Has anyone been using the 64 bit version of windows xp? Are there any caveats to be aware of? What about programs like Office XP, or games; do they suffer compatibility issues? I'd like to hear some first-hand expereicnes if anyone has any.

**Modulok** · Posted: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:38:43 Post Subject:

we have one workstation on it here at work...

adobe distiller doesnt work
kaspersky for workstations 5.0 doesnt work
zetafax doesnt work
autocad doesnt work

you'll need 64bit drivers too if I am not mistaken

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:49:24 Post Subject:

I have a license I don't use... I think Flash wasn't supported at the time I used it, and there were other issues like that which made it less appealing than regular XP.

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

heh, if adobe doesn't work, and the machine I'm putting it on needs that, that kinda seals the deal. Razz

has anyone tried out vista yet to see if it's 64 bit?

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:19:10 Post Subject:

I use X64... Wish I didn't. Too many problems with 3rd party support. Hell, even MS doesn't support it.

When we were at CES this year I spoke with AMD, and basicaly AMD pressured MS to come out with X64. Becasue MS really didn't want to... they didn't put any real effort into it's support and pushing 3rd parties to support it.

mrweasel · Posted: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:26:04 Post Subject:

sounds like it hasn't changed much since launch