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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. good for everyone by ArgumentBoy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't have much need for a 64 bit laptop, but I welcome this because it will naturally drive down the prices of what I might actually buy. Way to go, eMachines.

  2. price by rogabean · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Quote:
    "Hopefully this will have the dual effect of pushing the new chip into the market, and keeping it afforable of laptop junkies like me."

    This is the only part I can see as a plus to this. However I would take a guess that it will do little to the latter, in that most companies know E-Machines general reputation with the people who would be first in line to buy a 64 bit laptop, so I don't forsee that they will try to compete with E-Machines in the price category for some time.

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