XP-64 No Go in Leopard Boot Camp Assistant

Why? XP-64 could be installed and used with the Boot Camp Beta with Tiger?
Why only 32-bit Windows with the Boot Camp Assistant which is part of Leopard?
Or, did I read the fine print wrong in the installation instructions for
BC Assistant within Leopard>Applications>Utilities ?
Jim

Neither do I and Boot Camp is installed and running fine. Why do you think it is supposed to be there?
I imagine that was a feature of the earlier Boot Camp versions and no longer works the same. And, from [this article|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3777] it appears that the drivers are on the Snow Leopard DVD, not embedded in the Boot Camp Assistant.

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