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Windows XP. Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is an edition of Windows XP for x86-64 personal computers. It was released on April 25, 2005, around the same time as with the x86-64 versions of Windows Server 2003. It is designed to use the expanded 64-bit memory address space provided by the x86-64 architecture.
Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions. Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of computer software operating systems created by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (sometimes referred to as simply Windows XP for Itanium [Edition]) [36] was designed to run on Intel Itanium family of microprocessors in their native IA-64 mode. Two versions of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition were released: Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for Itanium systems, Version 2002 – Based on Windows XP codebase, was ...
Windows 7 Home Premium This edition contains features aimed at the home market segment, such as Windows Media Center, Windows Aero and multi-touch support. It supports up to 16 GB of RAM and was available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. [14] Windows 7 Professional This edition is targeted towards enthusiasts, small-business users, and ...
A "personal computer" version of Windows is considered to be a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops, and workstations. The first five versions of Windows– Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 2.1, Windows 3.0, and Windows 3.1 –were all based on MS-DOS, and were aimed at both ...
On April 25, 2005, Microsoft released Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 editions to support x86-64 (or simply x64), the 64-bit version of x86 architecture. Windows Vista was the first client version of Windows NT to be released simultaneously in IA-32 and x64 editions. As of 2024, x64 is still supported.
"Windows XP 64-bit Edition is designed to use 64-bit memory addresses" -- I think the maximum memory limit is set to 128 GB in current version, so the addesses probably don't use full 64-bits for memory adressing Helix84 21:57, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC) You are right, updated the page to reflect this.--Yamla 22:16, 2005 May 11 (UTC) Definitely move.
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft 's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct successor to Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users. Development of Windows XP began in the late 1990s under the codename ...