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poppy4
April 25th, 2005, 06:18 PM
Is this considered the cutting edge for operating systems?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/evaluation/trial.mspx

tia, poppy
Train
April 25th, 2005, 07:48 PM
Pre-Beta as far as I am concerned.

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition trial software is provided as a convenience only.
I think that says it all.
poppy4
April 25th, 2005, 07:54 PM
Just satisfying my curiosity, what would be the 'cutting-edge' OS as of today?
poppy
Train
April 25th, 2005, 09:13 PM
For Windows?
XP is the latest thing. And ight be for a couple more years. Time will tell I guess.
poppy4
April 25th, 2005, 09:36 PM
How much longer do you think 98SE will be relevant as an OS, and also XP?

5 years..10?
Train
April 25th, 2005, 11:19 PM
Windows Life-Cycle Policy (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx) is all i have to go on. :(
poppy4
April 25th, 2005, 11:32 PM
Thanks Train....guess you could lock this one, eh?
JPnyc
April 25th, 2005, 11:38 PM
Well in the planned obsolesence world of IT, it would be the one not quite written yet.