Okay, I got this machine recently, and installed WindowsXP Pro x64 Edition Version 2003...
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Version 2003
Actualy, this is not the final retail as I know so far, its the so-called "RTM" version. (Later I got the retail one, which has exclude the "Version 2003" OS ID naming)
I've been with the OS quite a while (as you can see on the screenshot ^^;), it has IIS6 that have http compression built in which is very nice... I'm using it for file transfer, which made it faster and I always have max bandwidth throughput with it (using crappy dsl, fyi).
x64 Edition also have 2 versions of Internet Explorer (32-bit and 64-bit.) IE 64-bit run much faster i think, but the problem is it cant show flash.. (at this point of time, no 64bit flash plug-in yet)
Other than these, there is no much differences with WinXP 32-bit.
Main Specification:
・CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ "Venice" core with SSE3
・M/B: MSI K8N Neo2-FX (K8/nForce3 250Gb/8ch Audio/SATA)
・VID: nVIDIA GeForce4 440MX (TV out)
・RAM: Corsair 512MB 184-pin PC3200 DDR400
・HDD: 288GB
Other interfaces:
・RATOX IEEE 1394 PCI Interface (for DV Capture)
・RICOH PCMCIA(Type II, TypeIII) Interface
Since it based on nVIDIA nForce3, I have no problem with devices so far. Of course u will need to get the 64bit drivers for it, but nVIDIA seems to have it for quite a time. FYI, the chipset covers most of the system, including graphic and sound. LUCKY ME!
The main problem you might have with 64bit PC is the drivers. Even WinXP have good Plug n Play support already, but its still less perfect. In that case you will need to search it your own... you might find most of device makers did not have 64bit drivers yet.
I think its not wise to turn for 64bit now, let's just pray Windows Vista will be more perfect...
