Andre
Mon Oct 03 18:53:06 CDT 2005
As I have recently learnt from Charlie Russel, this will change in Windows
Vista. :)
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"Gato Loco" <gatosloco@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I find it very annoying that you have to use a floppy drive to load
> the SATA drivers. I just dont use them at all anymore. Floppies that
> is. So to load x64 I had to dig out an old floppy drive.
>
> Give me a break!
>
> A real leap into the future on that one.
>
> Gato Loco
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:34:03 -0700, "Steve Cavanaugh"
> <steve@strayca.com> wrote:
>
>>I bought x64 with a floppy drive in Bellevue Washington a couple months
>>ago.
>>But it makes sense - you can't install the SATA drivers without a floppy
>>disk drive - that's hard coded into the setup program. So OEM off the
>>shelf
>>exists now.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>"Norman Diamond" <ndiamond@community.nospam> wrote in message
>>news:e46kiQ8wFHA.1148@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>A bunch of stores in Akihabara (and various other Akihabara-style stores
>>>throughout the country) are selling floppy drives with Windows XP Pro
>>>64-bit OEM version. In most cases the price is the same as a floppy
>>>drive
>>>with XP Pro 32-bit OEM version, but one store was charging an extra 200
>>>yen
>>>or so.
>>>
>>> Obviously it's not the stores' responsibility but the floppy drive OEMs
>>> decided that x64 is within the league of most of their floppy users ^u^
>>>
>>> Is there an English language MUI pack for XP x64? I didn't notice. If
>>> there is one then this might help a bunch of people.
>>>
>>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u1qivJtwFHA.3740@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> It's not Fry's fault, its what the OEM believes is the right choice. In
>>>> this case, they believe that x64 might just be way of most users league
>>>> and driver and application issue so, choose to use an edition of the
>>>> operating system thats more familar in terms of stronger driver
>>>> support,
>>>> assured compatibility with applications.
>>>>
>>>> I expect this to change in the future with Windows Vista, since
>>>> Microsoft
>>>> is slated to make all editions of Windows Vista except for Starter
>>>> Edition x64 native. Which means you will probably see more
>>>> manufacturers
>>>> producing native 64/32 bit drivers since the platform will be more wide
>>>> spread. Right now, XP Pro x64 is seen as a technical workstation
>>>> operating system by most OEM's and if you really want it, you will
>>>> purchase from a manufacturer who will bundle it with their systems,
>>>> such
>>>> as Compaq on from of their business models or Dell on their precision
>>>> workstations.
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>>>> "Easygoing21" <Easygoing21@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:5FD2248B-0AEB-4226-B63D-6CB1394D3FA7@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Fry's is selling a Compaq desktop with the AMD 64 3500+ (2.2GHz)
>>>>> Processer
>>>>> and 512MB PC3200 DDR Memory. It's a good deal . The problem is that
>>>>> the
>>>>> system is sold with Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit). Does a purchase
>>>>> like
>>>>> this make any sense if one is hoping that Microsoft will eventually
>>>>> offer the
>>>>> x64 Operating System to people "off the shelf" in the future? Is that
>>>>> an
>>>>> unrealistic expectation?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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