Got the full version of this, installed a few programs and everything seems to be working. Windows runs at amazing speeds. 32bit programs run a little faster. The few 64bit apps fly!
Drivers can be a pain to find, but I found EVERY driver for my home computer and my laptop (Which Acer sais IS NOT compatible with x64 and will not be anytime soon even tho it's got a Turion 64 cpu :rollseyes
. A good place for drivers is
http://www.planetamd64.com
I only found one thing that does not work, zone alarm pro. They say they will have a version out before the end of 2005 for x64 so I gotta wait for that. Some anti virus does not work either, but avast has a FREE version that does. I hear it's pretty good but I don't use it.
I hear the punkbuster will not work under x64. I cannot confirm this yet since I have only installed x64 on my laptop and it won't run the games I have that require punkbuster. Will try on my home computer in a bit and report back.
So far I got working:
System Mechanic
Photoshop 7, 8.0CS, & CS2.
CuteFTP Pro 6.0
Firefox has a 64bit version.
Office 2003 Pro.
Nero Ultra
Winamp
DVD Decryptor
DVD Shrink
Alcohol 120%
Putty (for ssh)
MSN Messenger 7
Crimson Editor
Infranview
MS Anti-spyware
Opera 8.*
Winrar
7zip
.NET Framework
Adobe Acrobat
Land Warriror
Delta Force 1
Delta Force 2
Task Force dagger
BlackHawk Down
Delta force xtreme
And that's about all I have tested. To bad zone alarm dosen't work, i'd really like that for it's program control since I have windows firewall and my router which makes a great firewall.
Tiny personal firewall has a x64 version. I tried that and I think it blows the big one. It's constantly poping up and asking what to do and it's pretty confusing. Plus it took up ALOT of resources.