Microsoft: Buy 32 bits, get 32 bits free
Posted by malebolgia on 30 July 2004 - 20:07 · 18 comments & 2386 views
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#1 Posted by kainashi on 30 Jul 2004 - 20:16
- awesome deal.
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#1.1 Posted by rogerroger on 31 Jul 2004 - 03:57
- Good idea. Now MS needs to get the word out so companies are not hesitant to purchase Opteron servers.
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#2 Posted by Sn1p3t on 30 Jul 2004 - 20:18
- Nice. I know a few sysadmin's who'll love this!
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#3 Posted by bangbang023 on 30 Jul 2004 - 20:33
- Wow, that is actually very cool of MS.
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#4 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 30 Jul 2004 - 20:34
- Go MS!
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#5 Posted by Colonel_Angus on 30 Jul 2004 - 21:04
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#6 Posted by SIG on 30 Jul 2004 - 21:48
- I was actually a bit shocked when I read this. Microsoft is going soft ehe
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#7 Posted by KevinRGood on 30 Jul 2004 - 21:57
QUOTE Microsoft: Buy 32 bits, get 32 bits free
I like this Headline
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#8 Posted by figgy on 31 Jul 2004 - 00:01
- Here is hoping we get the same deal for desktop computers.
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#8.1 Posted by GamblerFEXonlin on 31 Jul 2004 - 01:53
- "EXISTING 64-BIT SYSTEMS..."
Finally - I am working on something that would let you trade your 32-bit XP
Pro license for 64-bit. Nothing final here... no details... but the point
is that we want to take care of the people who go out and buy or build x64
systems before we ship.
http://www.planetamd64.com/?topic_id=1528
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#9 Posted by nX07 on 31 Jul 2004 - 17:11
- Good move Microsoft!
I agree with the person above, now they gotta release the word!
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#10 Posted by tiwaris on 31 Jul 2004 - 21:00
- This is an intelligent move from Microsoft. A welcomed one
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#11 Posted by PGHammer on 19 May 2008 - 17:34
- This *is* a smart move on Microsoft's part.
Actually a similar option already exists on the desktop (but only in retail, and only with Vista Ultimate, as both x86 and x64 versions are in the same slipcase, and the same key works with both). Let's be honest: the only reason 64-bit isn't standard on the desktop now isn't lack of operating system support (not even from Microsoft, as Windows XP Professional x64 Edition shipped in 2005, and Vista's x64 Editions shipped when the x86 Editions did) but lack of application support (though that is far less of an issue than it was just three years ago). I just crossgraded a Celeron-D-powered PC from Vista x86 to Vista x64 with nary a hiccup (yes; I said *Celeron*). The current x86 system market (except for such niche products as OLPC) is 64-bit today, and has been for at least a year (when, other than the CPUs used in OLPC or the Eee PC, was the last time a non-64-bit PC CPU has been launched into the new-system market from either Intel or AMD?). And it's been the lack of app support that has been holding the OEMs back (fortunately, *because* the apps are catching up, the OEMs are actually starting to ship Vista x64 as a no-cost crossgrade option, and yes, that even includes Dell). In fact, Best Buy includes Ultimate x64 with SP1 in their Ultimate Upgrade (from Vista Home Premium) promotion.
So much for excuses.
Although server customers may have to wait a little longer for a version of Windows that supports their 64-bit systems, they won't have to pay for an upgrade when the software does ship.
Microsoft said Friday that customers that buy a 64-bit Opteron or Xeon server and pay for a license to Windows Server 2003 will be able to exchange that license for one that covers the 64-bit edition when it ships next year. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced it was pushing out the launch of that product until next year, the latest in a series of delays for the 64-bit edition.
So-called x64 chips--64-bit processors that build on the existing x86 instruction set--have been on the market since April 2003, when AMD introduced its first Opteron. Some analysts had expected that Microsoft would have a 64-bit version of Windows out by the end of 2003, and the company itself first promised the software would make its debut in the first part of this year. It pushed that date back to the end of this year before the latest delay.
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