Microsoft hands out preview of Windows for AMD 64
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Microsoft gave hardware developers a taste of the Windows operating systems it is working on for AMD's 64-bit processors this week at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. The pre-beta code is another sign that Microsoft's once questionable commitment to supporting AMD's 64-bit processors seems to be getting firmer.
The company distributed disks containing preview versions of Windows XP 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for AMD processors. The Windows XP version will support both the Opteron, AMD's server version of the 64-bit processor that is available now, and the Athlon 64, the workstation version that is expected to ship in the third quarter. The Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition version is designed to support Opteron-based systems only. The company also distributed debug disks for both the Windows XP and Windows Server versions.