Windows XP Professional x64 edition is clearly not a mainstream product. For example, though you can order Dell Dimension XPS models with XP X64 installed, Dell gives you this rather dire warning when you try to buy a system with the OS installed:
"Peripherals you currently own or plan to purchase in the near future (cameras, printers, MP3 players, handheld devices) will most likely NOT work on a system purchased with Windows XP Professional x64, and some software applications may not work on the x64 operating system."
Even given this bleak message, we're still interested in 64-bit Windows XP, particularly for content creation applications and gaming. But we're also interested in the impact of running 32-bit applications on Windows XP Pro x64.
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