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Sunday 16th January, 2005 05:02 Comments: 0
From the Windows Server 2003 x64 Customer Preview Program: Frequently Asked Questions page:
Q. I want to download the trial software but I do not have a CD burner. What should I do?
A. There are third-party software products available on the Internet that will create a "virtual CD drive."
What kind of an idiot downloads this 550MB file (presumably over an expensive broadband connection, or over a long period of time on unlimited dialup) for an expensive 64bit processor and doesn't have a CD burner on any system? A CD burner will cost you no more than about £20 nowadays, a dual layer DVD writer is about double that. If you can afford the CPU and the broadband connection then you should have a CD burner. I'm surprised they don't also cover their backs with...
Q. I don't have a processor that can perform 64 bit instructions.
A. You can try Windows 2003 or Windows XP.
Or perhaps even...
Q. I'm an idiot, why did I download this file?
A. Go away. Leave us alone. Buy a Mac.
Q. I want to download the trial software but I do not have a CD burner. What should I do?
A. There are third-party software products available on the Internet that will create a "virtual CD drive."
What kind of an idiot downloads this 550MB file (presumably over an expensive broadband connection, or over a long period of time on unlimited dialup) for an expensive 64bit processor and doesn't have a CD burner on any system? A CD burner will cost you no more than about £20 nowadays, a dual layer DVD writer is about double that. If you can afford the CPU and the broadband connection then you should have a CD burner. I'm surprised they don't also cover their backs with...
Q. I don't have a processor that can perform 64 bit instructions.
A. You can try Windows 2003 or Windows XP.
Or perhaps even...
Q. I'm an idiot, why did I download this file?
A. Go away. Leave us alone. Buy a Mac.