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64-bit Laptops Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the little-fiddly-parts dept.

prostoalex writes "ExtremeTech reviews current mega-notebooks, which are powerful enough to become a desktop replacement. Among the laptops reviewed there's one with 64-bit AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0GHz clock rate) - the Voodoo Envy m:855."

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  1. Somewhere in Cupertino by Jesrad · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Steve Jobs is choking and fuming because he wasn't able to fit G5s in PowerBooks and sell the "first 64-bit laptops".

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    1. Re:Somewhere in Cupertino by jon787 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You lucky son of a bitch!

      I'm still trying for a simple Ultra10

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    2. Re:Somewhere in Cupertino by Kenja · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fear the Ultra5/10. IDE is EVIL on a Sparc system.

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    3. Re:Somewhere in Cupertino by G-funk · · Score: 4, Funny

      You sir, have quite a lap.

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  2. First Thought by dirkdidit · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw the name Voodoo and about shit myself thinking that 3DFX had come back from the dead. Thankfully, it's just another company using the Voodoo name for their product. However seeing 3DFX come back only to enter into the laptop market, or computer market for that matter, would be humorous. One CPU for adding, one CPU for subtracting.

  3. Still called "laptops", huh? by Frac · · Score: 4, Funny

    The feeling of actually placing an Athlon 64 notebook on your lap is probably not too different from placing an upside-down George Foreman grill on your lap.

    No kids for you!

  4. Re:Ha Ha by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Voodoo specs the unit at 8 lbs, but our test unit weighted in at 9 lbs, 4 oz.

    Yeah, and when you buy it, the carrier will list the shipping weight at 12 lbs, but you will charged by your vendor for shipping 14 lbs.

  5. Desktop replacement? by djupedal · · Score: 4, Funny

    My desktop is almost 2 meters long and 1 meter front to back. It holds a 24.1" LCD and a 17" CRT (G4 is underneath), an iBook along with a set of speakers and subwoofer. You can also find the normal suite of accessories, external harddrives, digital cameras, hubs, coffee mugs, remote controls, shrunken head pencil holders, etc.

    I seriously doubt all this stuff can fit on top of a laptop, no matter that it is 64-bit. Besides, I can get a new, larger desk if I need, it for a lot less than the price these things are liable to bring.

    You guys are pulling my leg, right? Right? sheesh...

  6. Re:Ha Ha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They probably weighed it after they'd been drooling on it; after bits of cheese and other pizza topping fell on the keyboard; after they got dandruff on it; after whatever hairs landed on it; etc.

  7. Re:desktop replacement by rf0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes and these are the first to be physically strong enough to replace the desk

    Rus

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  8. Re:desktop replacement by cfuse · · Score: 3, Funny
    Hasn't almost every notebook that has come out in the last 10 years been touted as a "desktop replacement" ??

    Yeah but they keep getting lighter and smaller, so how am I supposed to fit all the crap on my desk into it? It doesn't even have legs!

  9. Desktop replacement is a misnomer by GotAnMP3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The advantage of a desktop computer is the ability to open it up and futz with the innards. Want to call your laptop a desktop replacement? Give it an AGP slot so I can upgrade the video card.

    So what if it'll be bulky and power hungry as hell? I want that high speed 3D rendering goodness to last and last.

    At the very least, a desktop replacement laptop needs to synthesize the roar of 8 miniature fans turning. Without that sound, it just seems like an aspect of desktop-ness is missing.