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Free WIN XP prof! 100% legal!

Post by RNS0504 » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:12 pm

Hey!
Browsing the net the other day, i foung a FREE TRIAL of Win XP Professional 64 bit edition (Microoft software for free?! WTF? It must be the apocolips!!!!). So of course i download it. Only problem: I dont have a 64 but processor, just a crappy 1.6 ghz P4. Just wanted to share. If anyone tries it, let me know. Dont download it w/ dialup. Its a 550 mb file, and it took my computer 30 hours to do it. I dont have a link, but search google for "Win XP 64 bit demo trial" and it should come up. Supposebly, it has a few bugs, and there is no tech support, but individuals are already making patches. Just seach. The trial is 360 days.
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Post by gannon » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:19 pm

I see you withdrew your post makuraken, I was about to say this.
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Post by HK-47 » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:25 pm

Still, Im sure it sucks compared to 64bit compatable versions of linux... I wonder if windows RG will come out ina 64 bit compatile edition? :P

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Post by gannon » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:30 pm

lol, maybe it'd come with enhanced crash mode :)

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Post by HK-47 » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:33 pm

gannon wrote:lol, maybe it'd come with enhanced crash mode :)
Ive been waiting for it all my life... In the mean time this hack will give you a BSOD on command. (It works like a charm. :)) http://www.help2go.com/article149.html

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Post by SpongeBuell » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:01 pm

I tried it a little bit once, and I didn't care for it much. There wasn't too much that worked for it. I can see that changing with the official release, but it's not worth it for now. And yes, I do have a 64-bit processor :)
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Post by makuraken » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:20 pm

Yeah, I withdrew my post because I was mis-informing people (it was a long time since I saw the 64 stuff). So rather than to sound like a complete idiot (rather than a partial) I withdrew my post. It apparently is a branch of XP that has 64bit support. However I still know that the driver and device support sucks major butt on that OS. Unless they did some major revamping in the past 12 months (or so) I would assume that hardware support is still not that great.
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Post by HK-47 » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:25 pm

SpongeBuell wrote:I tried it a little bit once, and I didn't care for it much. There wasn't too much that worked for it. I can see that changing with the official release, but it's not worth it for now. And yes, I do have a 64-bit processor :)
AMD I assume? Whats the clock speed?

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Post by SpongeBuell » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:54 pm

HK-47 wrote:
SpongeBuell wrote:I tried it a little bit once, and I didn't care for it much. There wasn't too much that worked for it. I can see that changing with the official release, but it's not worth it for now. And yes, I do have a 64-bit processor :)
AMD I assume? Whats the clock speed?
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