RSSMicrosoft Treats Testers to XP Pro x64
By Nate Mook | Published May 27, 2005, 10:48 AM
Thanking testers for their hard work debugging Windows XP x64 Edition, Microsoft will be offering beta participants a full retail copy of the 64-bit operating system in downloadable form. Windows Beta Team officials said product keys and download links were being prepared, and would be sent to testers within a few weeks.
"As a small measure of our appreciation for your help in testing Windows Server SP1 and Windows x64 on the Technical Beta, we are offering active participants a complimentary full copy of Windows Professional x64 Edition," read an e-mail sent to testers." This will be done as a downloadable ISO file only, but will be a licensed copy of Windows Professional x64 Edition. (i.e. not an eval copy)"
ISO.. happy p2p :D
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|I think Microsoft is being a bit tough on there point to invalidate the 32bit license when 64 is activated, as I would try it for a triple-boot (XP 32, 64, and Linux), but this removes that possibility.
I will get it, but I do not see myself installing it until I find that all my device drivers are supported under 64.
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|Actually I only tested the Windows Server SP1 part, not the Win XP Pro 64-bit. Anyway, free retail version will always be nice for me hehehe.
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|Even if they do, its not going to do much good without a product key.. Also, in the past, MS has embedded the Beta ID of the tester as metadata in the header of the ISO's that get downloaded from the site.. I certainly wouldn't jeopardize my status in the MS beta program by doing someething silly like that.
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|How long do you think it's gonna take people to upload their ISO's to their servers?
Not long, believe me.
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|Lucky them!!!
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