Re: [Nolug] my next laptop

Joey Kelly wrote:
> Emachines (hush!) just put out an Athlon 64-bit laptop for $1500. I want one.
>
> Bad.
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1003_3-5141786.html

Hey, they're bigger than Gateway and Apple...

So what's the deal with 64 bit computing...Doesn't it require all
programs to be programmed/compiled in 64bits?

(I vaguely remember the migration to 32 bits to be problematic, but I
was a Mac guy at the time.)

Will this fix the year 2038 problem?

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Alex McKenzie     alex@boxchain.com     http://www.boxchain.com
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