WinXP 64-Bit, Has it final rel. come OR when is it expected

[quad master]

Now as more and more people are going in for the
AMD Athlon 64 XXXX+ and FX-XX Series of Motherboards

It would be great if we had a 64Bit OS running on to so that
we could get the best of the performance.

I dont know if a final release has come or when is it expected.

All i know is that there was a Beta Release of the 64-Bit WinXP.
But is it working fine has anyone tried the WinXp 64-Bit Beta on
there AMD 64 Processors.

Waiting for your views

[theraven]

you mean a 64 bit windows os
cuz a few linux distors are already 64 bit
and yeah .. theres still time for windows xp 64 bit
and longhorn os expected to have 2 flavours in it too
xp 64 is scheduled for release later this year
longhorn is scheduled for mid 2006

anything beta from windows isnt worth using regularly
if u wanna test it then fine
besides its illegal unless u have an active msdn subscription
which im sure u dont

[quad master]

Can you give me the list of Linux Distros that are 64-Bit Ready.

Are there any Live CD Distro's to directly test it

[pradeep_chauhan]

All major distro like fedora susi gentoo debian have 64 bit versions that exploit the 64 bit arch of the system. The live cd q is an unknown to me too

[quad master]

Thanks pradeep

[babumuchhala]

Originally Posted by theraven

besides its illegal unless u have an active msdn subscription
which im sure u dont

Its a public beta test and anyone can download and use it. Its got an expiry date of 360 days. All u have to do is register and get the trial pre-release XP64 bit Professional

Read good reviews about it. So i wuld advice u to try it out

[quad master]

Ok will download the Beta WinXP 64Bit