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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 01:49 PM
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Anyone tried it?
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Gridlock Mikey
Anyone tried it?
Yes i have it installed on my athlon 64 pc - its good, but you wont start to see the full benefit of it until application are produced that are written specificlaly for it. Its not much different to xp pro to be honest
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 02:25 PM
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I'll leave it for a few months then
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Gridlock Mikey
I'll leave it for a few months then
Only reason i am using it is for web hosting and i am developing 64 bit apps.
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 12:14 PM
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Did you do a clean install or an upgrade to 64bit? Hearing bad things about upgrades, but a clean install means starting from scratch agin - PITA!
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Diesel
Did you do a clean install or an upgrade to 64bit? Hearing bad things about upgrades, but a clean install means starting from scratch agin - PITA!
Hi diesel
it was a new server so i did a clean install... had a few issues with MS O/S upgrades in the past..
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Old Jun 19, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by scoobyjimbo
Hi diesel
i did a clean install... had a few issues with MS O/S upgrades in the past..
J
Seconded... I never upgrade anymore, always start from scratch.

John.
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