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To: Joe NYC who wrote (80577)	5/23/2002 11:23:07 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: I doubt the Windows part. I mean, drivers may be ready, but Windows x86-64 will not be ready for shipment when Hammer is released. There is no company more anxious than Microsoft to see the PC market re-energized. How many hundreds of millions of desktops will have to be replaced as soon as 32-bits won't cut it any more? How many hundreds of millions of desktops are perfectly adequate otherwise? I really think that Microsoft will push hard to have a 64-bit version of windows ready for the launch of hammer this fall. Don't forget that, like 32-bit windows on 386, Microsoft can let most of "Windows 64 for X86" stay 32-bit for years - that's the beauty of AMD's strategy, and the insanity of Intel's Itanic, which requires a total re-write of every dll and driver.