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| Wed, March 02 2005 | 2:04PM | PermaLink |
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Speaking at the Intel Developer Forum on Tuesday, Windows chief Jim Allchin said the desktop version of the souped-up Windows would come at the beginning of April, while the server version would come at the end of the month.
"We're locked on to 64-bit," Allchin said, encouraging developers to start tailoring their applications to include the ability to take advantage of the extra processing power.
Last month, Microsoft released a second, near-final "release candidate" version of the operating system. The company had promised a final release would come by the end of June.
The 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 have been a long time coming, particularly for chipmaker AMD, which has offered such chips for roughly two years in the server market and 18 months in the desktop PC market.
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