e-machines & AMD 64

[Jeffrey Schwartz]

I was in Best Buy last week and I noticed that e-machines were selling
laptops with a mobile version of the AMD 64.

Any comments?

Jeff

 

[Philburg2]

Uh, emachines suck.... not exactly constructive criticism, but that is
definitely my experience.

 

[K]

Uh, emachines suck.... not exactly constructive criticism, but that is
definitely my experience.

In the past, yes they sucked in the extreme, but recently they've been
turning out some nice machines that seem to be well built and well specced.

Their AMD64 laptops that the OP referred to have been well received and
look like good value for money.

K

 

[DougH]

In the past, yes they sucked in the extreme, but recently they've been

turning out some nice machines that seem to be well built and well specced.

Their AMD64 laptops that the OP referred to have been well received and
look like good value for money.

K

Sounds like an e-Machine employee.

DougH

 

[Wayne]

Sounds like an e-Machine employee.

DougH

Naw. What he said was true. E-Machines have gone up in quality since the old
days of Celeron processors and cheap case designs.

 

[Jeffrey Schwartz]

Uh, emachines suck.... not exactly constructive criticism, but that is
definitely my experience.

That's what I've always thought. Now that gateway bought it maybe
quality will be better, or maybe not.

Jeff

 

[BRanger]

I think I read that this laptop was built by the same folks who build the
VoodooPC notebooks.

B

 

[eminema]

I have an emachines that i got last month. I have the m6805 and i love it!
I booted the suse eval disk and after doing the acpi=off i am able to boot
it fine. I am loving it, Now i want to do a dual boot of linux but i am
looking for a linux that is optimized for amd64. Don't let anyone tell you
that it is crap, because i am enjoying this machine.

BTW does anyone know of a version of linux for amd64? thanks

 

[baskitcaise]

eminema adjusted his tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write:

I have an emachines that i got last month. I have the m6805 and i
love it! I booted the suse eval disk and after doing the acpi=off i am
able to boot
it fine. I am loving it, Now i want to do a dual boot of linux but i
am
looking for a linux that is optimized for amd64. Don't let anyone
tell you that it is crap, because i am enjoying this machine.

BTW does anyone know of a version of linux for amd64? thanks

Suse 9.1 Pro has a 64bit version that comes in the box with the 32bit.

With 9.1 Pro ( got to be Pro not Personal which the live eval is based
on ) you get 5 cd`s ( 32bit ) and 2 X double sided DVD`s side "A" on
both dvd`s is a replication of the 32bit version with the source to all
files and the "B" sides have the same but 64bit versions.

HTH

 

[General Schvantzkoph]

I have an emachines that i got last month. I have the m6805 and i love it!
I booted the suse eval disk and after doing the acpi=off i am able to boot
it fine. I am loving it, Now i want to do a dual boot of linux but i am
looking for a linux that is optimized for amd64. Don't let anyone tell you
that it is crap, because i am enjoying this machine.

BTW does anyone know of a version of linux for amd64? thanks

Mandrake has 64bit versions of Mandrake 9.2 and 10.0 (the 10 is a release
candidate but it's probably the better choice).

 

[eminema]

BTW i found gentoo liveCD has built in compatibility for the emachines
m6805/7 laptops, infact it has a special kernal for it, that is service!