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64 Bit Athlon Notebooks Hit the Market

Posted by michael on from the now-with-32-free-bits dept.

Omega1045 writes "Our friends at News.com.com.com are reporting that one of the first notebooks powered by the 64 bit Athlon will be made by (drumroll, please) eMachines. Slashdot has mentioned eMachines venture into 64 bit Athlon technology before. You also might note from this past press release that eMachines claims to be the 3rd biggest PC maker in the US. Hopefully this will have the dual effect of pushing the new chip into the market, and keeping it afforable of laptop junkies like me."

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  1. Upon hitting the market by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The heat from the laptop caused the market to catch fire, which at this time is still burning.

  2. Hurray by Sarojin · · Score: 5, Funny

    for 30 minutes of 64 bit computing

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    1. Re:Hurray by jo_ham · · Score: 4, Funny

      and a toasty warm genital region.

    2. Re:Hurray by JonTurner · · Score: 5, Funny

      >>and a toasty warm genital region.

      "There's been some misunderstanding," said the man at the return counter. "I said I wanted a computer with a compact DISK burner."

      ba-da ching! Thankyouverymuch.

  3. If you think that's impressive... by invid · · Score: 2, Funny

    you should see my Lego version!

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  4. Not impressive by Mieckowski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bah, I'm going to hold out for a dual 64 bit laptop. With a RAID array.

    1. Re:Not impressive by stefanb · · Score: 2, Funny

      Bah, I'm going to hold out for a dual 64 bit laptop. With a RAID array. And hookers!

  5. Re:eMachines laptop? gross! by Monkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah but it has that cool graphic on the cover.

  6. Re:good for everyone by Eminence · · Score: 5, Funny

    It comes with Win XP...can XP do anything 64 bit??

    From their home page:

    • eMachines recommends Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP

    I guess it does. They wouldn't recommend it if it was a bunch of crap, wouldn't they?

  7. Re:good for everyone by addaon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I could find something to do with it

    From linked site: Weighs 7.5 lbs/1.5" thin

    Me too. It would make a good foundation for a bird house.

    If you house albatross.

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  8. Re:1280x800 ... WHY?! by tugrul · · Score: 3, Funny

    Call me naive but, if that's what you want, why not buy a dell?

    I have one. Its 2.5 years old with a 1600x1200 LCD. Its shoddy build quality has put it out of service though. I need to summon the energy to get it through tech support's head that the note to "update my video drivers" from the last time I sent it in has nothing to do with the laptop not turning on.

    No more Dell.

  9. Re:price by Bombcar · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just like Chevy vs. Ford it all comes down to personal experience with a product.


    Yup, and in both cases the right choice is neither.

    MOPAR FOREVER, DOOD! and MACS RULE, d00d!

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  10. Re:Too bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A Best Buy tech calling someone else a n00b. Oh the humanity.

  11. Re:good for everyone by isorox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Almost, for the last 4 years Microsoft have been porting the most common features of 32 bit windows to a 64 bit platform. The lastest beta of XP64 can BSOD at twice the speed