Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to address the most demanding business needs of technical workstation users who require large amounts of memory and floating point performance in areas such as mechanical design and analysis, digital content creation, and scientific and high-performance computing applications. Specific business segments that will benefit from Windows XP Professional x64 Edition include the following: Engineering (CAD/CAM). In areas such as automotive or aerospace design, engineers' ability to conceptualize designs while meeting stringent design safety requirements more quickly than their competitors is the key to their success. Designers and engineers who use computer-aided design and engineering applications find benefit in the large memory support, fast memory throughput, and improved floating-point speeds, due to the need for these applications to work with larger models in a shorter period of time. Digital content creation. Two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) animation and rendering, video editing, and game development are three major areas of the Digital Content Creation (DCC) segment that will benefit from the additional memory, increased memory I/O speeds, and improved floating-point performance of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Additional computing power allows game developers and animators to save time in rendering models or scenes. It also allows them to work with fully-rendered 3-D models, rather than a smaller wire frame representation of the model. The ability to view completely rendered models during the development process gives animators and developers the freedom to work at their peak level of creativity. Application development. Developers continually push themselves to produce the fastest, most cutting-edge applications to solve tomorrow’s tough problems. By using the ubiquitous x86 instruction set within a standard Windows platform to develop applications on the next-generation 64-bit architecture, developers can spend less time writing memory management code and more time differentiating their applications!!
Features/Specifications
Windows XP Professional Edition 64-Bit x64 Edition Licensing CD w/Product Key Includes: Windows XP Professional Edition 64-Bit x64 Edition Licensing CD Original Microsoft Product Key Sticker This is the Full Version - Not an Upgrade No Retail Box, COA, Printed Manuals or Documentation are Provided The Following Language is Printed on the CD: English, Licensing, Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (Product Key Required), June 2006, Systems, Student Media/ Work at Home Media, All use subject to volume license agreement. Do not make illegal copies of this disc. Not for retail or OEM Distribution, Not for resale. This Product contains an Electronic End-User License on the supplied CD. You must agree to the Terms and Conditions of this License to complete the Installation. If your intent is to use it as a valid End-User License please obtain your own legal opinions as to the validity. We assume no liability from any consequences arising from your decision. High performance platform for the next generation of applications - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is a rich platform that enables the next generation of high-performance computing. 64-bit native applications can deliver more data per clock cycle, making them run faster and more efficiently. Large memory support - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition supports up to 128 gigabytes (GB) of RAM and 16 terabytes of virtual memory, enabling applications to run faster when working with large data sets. Applications can preload substantially more data into virtual memory, allowing rapid access by the 64-bit processor. Flexibility - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition provides a rich platform to integrate 64-bit applications and existing 32-bit applications using the Windows on Windows 64 (WOW64) x86 emulation layer, providing customers with the ability to move to 64-bit computing without having to sacrifice their existing investment in 32-bit software and Windows expertise. Multiprocessing and multicore - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to support up to two single or multicore x64 processors for maximum performance and scalability. Same programming model - Developers with 32-bit skills will be comfortable and quickly productive in the 64-bit Windows environment, finding it virtually identical to the development environment for 32-bit Windows.
Product Requirements
Includes: Windows XP Professional Edition 64-Bit x64 Edition Licensing CD Original Microsoft Product Key Sticker This is the Full Version - Not an Upgrade No Retail Box, COA, Printed Manuals or Documentation are Provided The Following Language is Printed on the CD: English, Licensing, Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (Product Key Required), June 2006, Systems, Student Media/ Work at Home Media, All use subject to volume license agreement. Do not make illegal copies of this disc. Not for retail or OEM Distribution, Not for resale. This Product contains an Electronic End-User License on the supplied CD. You must agree to the Terms and Conditions of this License to complete the Installation. If your intent is to use it as a valid End-User License please obtain your own legal opinions as to the validity. We assume no liability from any consequences arising from your decision. Important: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition cannot be successfully installed on x86 (32-bit) systems or 64-bit Intel Itanium–based systems. 32-bit device drivers are not supported on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Computer with a supported processor: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard-disk space (additional space may be required if installing over a network) CD-ROM or DVD drive Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor Keyboard, Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device Additional items or services required to use certain Windows XP features 28.8-Kbps modem or fax modem and service provider required for Internet access (service provider may charge a fee) Sound requires a sound card and speakers (USB speakers require a computer with USB support) or headphones Remote Assistance requires that both parties be running Windows XP and be connected over a network Remote Desktop requires a computer running Windows 95 or later and the two computers must be connected over a network DVD video playback requires a DVD drive and DVD decoder card or DVD decoder software and 8 MB of video RAM Windows Movie Maker video capture feature requires an appropriate digital or analog video capture device and 400-MHz or faster processor for digital video camera capture
Informational Links
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/os/0,39024180,39183101,00.htm http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/evaluation/overviews/overview.mspx http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzY1
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