Microsoft Launches 64-Bit Windows
Posted on: Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 09:00 CDT
Microsoft launches 64-bit Windows
LOS ANGELES, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft's chairman Gill Gates introduced on Monday long-waited 64-bit version of its Windows operating systems that run most of the world's computers.
With 64-bit server and desktop computer chips already on the market for about two years, Gates announced the general availability of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions.
"The next decade will bring about a new wave of innovation in the technology industry through the increased security, greater reliability and faster performance enabled by 64-bit computing and continued advances in Windows," Gates said.
Microsoft will start selling 64-bit editions of both Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional and PC makers are taking orders for machines installed with 64-bit Windows.
But the new Windows will not be showing up on retail shelves, according to a CNET report. Customers who buy a desktop or server with a 64-bit chip will have the option of getting the new operating system, while people who own an existing 64-bit machine will have the option of trading in their old 32-bit Windows for the 64-bit upgrade.
Speaking at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle, Gates also demonstrated how the next version of the Windows operating system, code-named "Longhorn," will put even more of the power of 64-bit computing to work for people.
"'Longhorn' and the new x64-bit versions of Windows are the best foundation for a new generation of faster, more powerful hardware and software that expands the possibilities for computing and transforms the way we work and play," he said.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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