Gates launches x64 editions, shows Longhorn UI
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Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Monday launched the x64 editions of Windows and gave a public preview of the much-anticipated Windows "Longhorn" user interface at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference.
The x64 editions are Microsoft's versions of Windows designed to support AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 processors and Intel processors with EM64T. The technologies differ from the Intel Itanium 64-bit technologies, which have been supported by dedicated versions of Windows for several years. Microsoft on Monday formally launched Windows XP x64 Professional Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Datacenter Edition.