Boot camp x64 unsupported on new MBA 2013

I just received my new Macbook Air and added with boot camp a partition ofr windows 8 x64. Have used the updated boot camp support drivers 5.05033 and still received error: "Boot camp x64 unsupported on this computer". Network adapter, ethernet and, multimedia drivers not installed.  What can I do?

I'm waiting for the same solution ;(

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634
    click on macbook pro and find your computer
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