eMachines Athlon 64 notebook

[Blane]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?CategoryID=cat01174&id=1069301995506&skuId=6249703&type=product&ref=05&loc=01

 

[Blane]

http://news.com.com/2100-1003-5141786.html

 

[serjer]

thx 4 nfo ,will gonna have a look @ it

 

[PC-GUY]

Do they give you the 64-bit OS if and when it comes out? Other than that it's not a bad price for a laptop if your looking for one. Thanks for the info and I'm surprised there not more money.

 

[Blane]

And in just that fast of a time eMachines has another Athlon 64 notebook on their site with a dvd burner for $1499.99. Both come with Windows XP Home Edition and I'm pretty sure it's not the 64-bit OS version. But as PC-GUY said it's a great price.
http://www.e4me.com/products/products.html?prod=eMachines_M6807

 

[Blane]

I sent their support an email asking them about if it's the 64-bit OS on the 2 notebooks. We'll see if they answer.

 

[Blane]

Here's another notebook but, the price is a bit different.
http://secure.hypersonic-pc.com/scripts/custom_sys.asp?sysid=AVIATOR_AX6

 

[Blane]

Well surprisingly I got a response from their support section. They said that OS for the two notebooks are 32-bit and nothing about updating newer notebooks with the 64-bit OS.

 

[dx]

Windows XP and Server 2003 64-bit are scheduled for the first half of 2004.

The current Windows XP 64-bit only works on Itanium 2 based workstations.

Not to worry, you can run current (and future) 32-bit applications on the 64-bit AMD chips without problems. In fact, they seem to be a tad faster.

 

[catachresis]

Buy from bestbuy.com and get $100.00 rebate:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?j=1&id=cat12105&type=page&rebateid=43975&skuid=6249703&h=387

My Dad just bought one. I'm so jealous.

 

[Blane]

Bestbuys website is down again. I hate them,lol.

 

[PC-GUY]

Bestbuys website is down again. I hate them,lol.

I hate them to and their 3rd party cookies!!!

 

[Blane]

Just checked it out. $100 rebate and free shipping. Not bad.

 

[Blane]

I just found a problem with bestbuys notebook. If you look at the specs and compare it with the same notebook from emachines you can see that their notebook has a dvd-rom only and the other is offering a DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive.

 

[crjackson]

I bought the emachines M6809 from Best Buy and love it. It comes with a dual format DVD burner, 512MB PC2700 SODIMM, 80GB HD, Athlon 64 3200+ Mobile processor, ATI Radeon 9600 mobility Video. It runs windows XP Home, and will run future version of 64 bit Windows.

It's fast, it's stable, it's cool (temp). I did however order a new 7200rpm HD for increased performance, as well as a Kingston 1GB DIMM (Giving it 1.2GB PC2700).

It's a good buy. I aslo got $250 rebates from best buy.

 

[Blane]

1.2GB of ram and a new 7200rpm drive. Sweeeeeeeet!!!

 

[slippery]

Just went out and bought the emachines 3000 64bit model at my local BestBuy - they offered a $250 rebate, by the way - am typing this on the new laptop!! First one I have ever owned! So far, so good.