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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.

    1. Re:good for everyone by hendridm · · Score: 5, Informative

      > I don't have much need for a 64 bit laptop

      I think I could find something to do with it. 64-bit, 802.11g, USB2 and Firewire, vertical scroller (essential!), and my favorite: a built-in 6-in-1 media reader. The price is right too. Mmmmm... I don't like AMD stuff, but this thing could quickly make me a convert.

    2. 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?

  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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    1. 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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  3. 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.

  4. Battery by Mieckowski · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It has a "high-capacity 8-cell LiIon battery." Still, no mention of batter life in the specs. Hmm, I wonder why?

  5. Heat and power? by ducomputergeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've been working with 64-bit chips since 1998 (DEC ALPHA systems and now G5's) and there has always been problems with heat and power. What's the battery life going to be on one of these machine?

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  6. eMachines laptop? gross! by Monkey · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not everybody shopping for a 64 bit notebook would buy something cheesy like an eMachines laptop.
    VoodooPC has been selling their high end m:855 for some time now. Based on the Athlon 64, it also has ATI Mobility 9600 Graphics Pro chipset.

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

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