Upgrade to Windows XP 64-bit for free?
by crankygeek ~ March 11th, 2005. Filed under: Software.According to El Reg, MS is going to let WinXP 32 bit customers updgrade to 64 bit for free (Microsoft to exchange 32 bit Windows for 64) :
Once it’s released you will have to register at Microsoft site and will fill the form, download your Windows 64 bit company and will get your activation key on your e mail, we understood. This is exactly how you could get Windows 64 bit Release Candidate 2.
Cool beans. I Hope my recent investment in a 64-bit system actually pays off.
March 12th, 2005 at 1:42 pm
Since I’m not a gotta-have-the-latest kinda guy, and since I’m not a gamer and don’t watch TV on my computer, why upgrade to 64-bit hardware? Down the line, I know that the hardware folks will want the latest and greatest and that, therfore, the software folks will abandon 32-bit stuff in order to make us buy their latest upgradres. But are we then forever to be captives of the computer corporations?
I kinda like my horse-and-buggy, 733 Mhz, 256 Mb RAM, Windows machine, though I was forced to upgrade to XP. What I’d like to see is the computer becoming more like the landline telephone. All the hardware and software would be on the company end (the web servers) and we’d never have to mess with it.
OT: I hope you can put the comment preview function back onto your web site.
March 12th, 2005 at 2:07 pm
D’oh! Comment preview. Dang it. Yeah, I’m on it.
As for keeping up with the techno-Joneses, I had a motherboard failure, so I needed new kit anyway. When it’s time to buy, I believe in being as forward-looking as (fiscally) possible. I’m a gamer, too, so it doesn’t hurt to have a few more ponies running under the hood, either. ;)
March 12th, 2005 at 9:12 pm
Preview has been added. Looks like there’s a problem with the “remember me” bit with this plug-in, but it’s the best one I could find.
I think I’ll need to tweak the style on this form a bit, too…