“Everyone imagined Apple Computer would be the first company to offer a 64-bit processor notebook computer, but with no near plans to release a G5 notebook, Apple for once got beat. Today e-Machines began offering the first 64-bit notebook computer using the AMD Athlon 64 processor,” Fabrizio Pilato writes for MobileMag. “The eMachines M6807 is loaded, with 512MB ram, 60GB HDD, Integrated 802.11g and 10/100Mbps ethernet a massive 8-cell Lithium-ion battery and of course the Athlon 64 3000 processor at 2.000 GHz and 1MB of L2 Cache.”
“An average sized 15.4-inch LCD display is powered by ATI’s Mobility RADEON 9600 video card, the system offers cinematic visual quality for gaming and other graphics-intensive applications. The display features a 16:10 aspect ratio, and allowing up to 30 percent more DVD viewing area than a standard 15-inch notebook screen. Of course the only 64-bit operating system right now is linux, it will be impossible to see the benefits until Microsoft releases a 64-bit Windows,” Pilato writes.
The modestly priced M6807, with a multi-format DVD-RW(+/-) drive, is $1,549 after $100 rebate.
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This laptop is not even available on the damn market yet. I have been looking to buy one of these and Emachines says they are out of stock. Well…. when you are out of stock mark it on your web page ya know!??!?! They have been ‘out of stock’ for the past 5 weeks now. I find that very hard to believe. I think its a fuckup that they are trying to cover up.
I have a dual proc 2ghz g5 and a dual proc 2ghz opteron system with same ram hd and vid cards (9800Pro)
Linux 64 rocs but sucks cuz no ati 3d drivers
xp 64 latest edition is ok but it is still windows and explorer 64 has no plug in support
OS X on the mac is awesome I use it the most and it’s the only one that doesn’t crash
linux on the mac is ok but again no 3d support, I should switch to nvidia cards…
BTW MY SHITTY ASS G5’S EAT ANY F**KING INTEL OR AMD PROC AND OSX SHITS ALL OVER WINDOWS AND LINUX HAS A LONG WAY TO GO ,, FREEBSD IS THE BOMB
Thank you for sharing. I wish more of your articles, easy come.
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