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Emachines 64-bit Athlons Now On Sale

Posted by timothy on from the better-emachines-than-packard-bell dept.

tomhudson writes "According to zdnet, emachines, the company geeks like to make fun of, finally has a toy we'd all like to get for Xmas -- an Athlon64 on the cheap :-)"

6 of 486 comments (clear)

  1. Laptops are cool too by cflorio · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Emachines has a cool laptop as well. Currently it is only available to buy at Best Buy stores. I have one and love it. Widescreen 15.4" and it works great.

  2. XP Home? by Lxy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I found it on Worstbuy's site Right here. It ships with XP Home installed. Does XP Home even run on a 64 bit processor?

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  3. Thinkgeek! by Metallic+Matty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry, I've already drawn up my entire christmas list, and its being hosted at thinkgeek. As it should be.

    Except maybe the Family Guy DVDs, god I love that show.

  4. Re:The Key to Linux on the Desktop? GAMES! by ergo98 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If the Linux community _really_ wants to invade the desktop space, we need some killer games.

    Actually you just need to relax while Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo fight it out -- once again the pendulum of game playing is swinging far back towards consoles, decoupling the need for your computer to be a great gaming platform.

    Of course this applies to the market as a whole -- there are still lots of hardcore computer gamers, but it's a vastly declining market.

  5. Re:The Key to Linux on the Desktop? GAMES! by UnassumingLocalGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "If the Linux community _really_ wants to invade the desktop space, we need some killer games."

    True. But what we need even more is a killer Linux-exclusive game. Sadly, though, no company that attempts it will survive for more than a couple months past release. Including Knoppix and the game may appeal to more users, but only if hardware setup is flawless. But getting your casual gamer to install a new operating system just to play a game is going to be close to impossible.

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  6. Re:Why do we make fun of them? by Qrlx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and quite frankly, my time is too valuable to waste it on flakey hardware.

    BEGONE, HEATHEN!!!