What is the future of Windows XP-64?

[Guest Ed Morgan]

I was considering developing a new industrial product using Windows XP

Embedded to get a small footprint for my O/S but find I need more than 4Gb

of RAM. So I was considering going to a 64-bit O/S.

 

I did not want to use Vista because its installed image is HUGE! But with

recent Microsoft announcements, XP will only be available for another year.

 

I have searched the Microsoft sites for information on Windows XP-64

availability without any luck. Can anyone help answer the following

questions or

 

What is the future of Windows XP-64? Is it being replaced by Vista X64 when

XP is no longer available next year?

 

More importantly, is there a version of Windows XP-64 Embedded? If so, how

long will it be available?

 

Thanks for any insight or advice,

 

Ed

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: What is the future of Windows XP-64?

 

XP x64 should be on the same life cycle as Server 2k3, so far as I know. But

that being said, the installed base and driver support for XP x64 was never

huge, and there certainly wasn't an embedded version that I'm aware of.

 

You'd be better served by using Vista or even Windows Server 2008 Server

Core. If you don't want a big footprint, and don't need .NET stuff, Server

Core might be a better bet.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Ed Morgan" <edmorgan@adelphia.net> wrote in message

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>I was considering developing a new industrial product using Windows XP

>Embedded to get a small footprint for my O/S but find I need more than 4Gb

>of RAM. So I was considering going to a 64-bit O/S.

>

> I did not want to use Vista because its installed image is HUGE! But with

> recent Microsoft announcements, XP will only be available for another

> year.

>

> I have searched the Microsoft sites for information on Windows XP-64

> availability without any luck. Can anyone help answer the following

> questions or

>

> What is the future of Windows XP-64? Is it being replaced by Vista X64

> when XP is no longer available next year?

>

> More importantly, is there a version of Windows XP-64 Embedded? If so,

> how long will it be available?

>

> Thanks for any insight or advice,

>

> Ed

>

>