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Re:Asus Ally Emulates PS3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 with Ease by int_19h on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:04AM (#35972470)
What was wrong with WinXP 64-bit? I don't recall any compat issues running that back in the 00s, at least beyond what was normal for 9x/NT era software running on 2K/XP.
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Re:Asus Ally Emulates PS3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 with Ease by dontlaugh on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:50AM (#35972735)
Lack of drivers.
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Re:Asus Ally Emulates PS3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 with Ease by gambiting on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @08:11AM (#35974153)
It couldn't run any 16 bit(dos) software at all.
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Re:Asus Ally Emulates PS3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 with Ease by Dalewyn on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @08:33AM (#35974368)
Let's clarify one thing, there were two 64-bit releases of Windows XP:

Windows XP 64-bit Edition. This runs specifically on Itanium only and was wholly impractical due to steep performance overheads emulating x86.

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. This runs on x86-64 and is the direct predecessor to the 64-bit releases of subsequent Windows versions including the latest which is Windows 11. This was impractical due to a lack of drivers, it was essentially too advanced for its time.

In my parent comment I am specifically referring to the former.

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