For a short time yesterday, Amazon.com offered copies of Windows XP Professional Edition for $299, or $199 as an upgrade. E-tailer Amazon.com has once again jumped the gun with Windows XP by selling pre-order copies on its website by mistake.
The two business systems, which also could appeal to some consumers, come with Windows XP Professional rather than the Home edition of the operating system. The high-end consumer all-in-one, the Profile 4XL, will come with a 2.66GHz Pentium 4...
Microsoft is also at a similar point with several 64-bit Windows versions that use the same code base, including Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Those who own a 32-bit version of Windows XP Professional or...
This will therefore include availability not only for the 32-bit version of Windows XP SP2 but also for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 SP1 both of which are due to be released soon.
With today's release of Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, customers can now fully realise the power of the AMD Opteron processor," AMD CEO Hector Ruiz said in a statement.
A Microsoft spokesperson said in an emailed statement: "As was made clear in the proceedings before the President of the Court of First Instance, the new versions will be priced the same as Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional...