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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. Hurray by Sarojin · · Score: 5, Funny

    for 30 minutes of 64 bit computing

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    1. 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.

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

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

  3. 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?

  4. 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.

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