Hello All,
I'm graduating high school in a couple of months, and then I'll be off to college come August
. Anyway, I've had a Compaq Presario 1600 laptop for three years (PIII 500 mhz, 64 megs ram, 6 gig 4200RPM 
) Needless to say, that computer will not be joining me at college. I've been using that computer pretty much exclusively since I've had it, though my family does have a few more computers that I've had to resort to using now since a) the damping in the screen is shot, so it no longer stays upright on its own and b) the hard dive makes very strange, Looooooong clicking and beeping noises whenever I click the mouse and c) IE won't run anymore 
So, I was originally planning on waiting until August got a little closer to actually buy my computer, but I figure now is as good a time as any, particularly since my current computer is in such poor shape. After a lot of internet shopping, I found and fell in love with the ABS Mayhem G1. I have no problem waiting for the rumored G2, just to see what it offers. That being said, I would like to keep my price around ~$2k (books are expensive enough 
). Now that I've found notebookforums.com, I have begun reading about 64 bit processors, and that worries me. Would I be wise to take a pass on the 3.0 ghz HT P4 in the G1 in favor of an AMD64? Would I run into any compatibility problems with the AMD, or would *ANY APPLICATION* that ran on a Pentium also run on an AMD? Lastly, if you were to recommend me one system, what would it be? Thanks very much!
Zach
I'm graduating high school in a couple of months, and then I'll be off to college come August
. Anyway, I've had a Compaq Presario 1600 laptop for three years (PIII 500 mhz, 64 megs ram, 6 gig 4200RPM ) Needless to say, that computer will not be joining me at college. I've been using that computer pretty much exclusively since I've had it, though my family does have a few more computers that I've had to resort to using now since a) the damping in the screen is shot, so it no longer stays upright on its own and b) the hard dive makes very strange, Looooooong clicking and beeping noises whenever I click the mouse and c) IE won't run anymore So, I was originally planning on waiting until August got a little closer to actually buy my computer, but I figure now is as good a time as any, particularly since my current computer is in such poor shape. After a lot of internet shopping, I found and fell in love with the ABS Mayhem G1. I have no problem waiting for the rumored G2, just to see what it offers. That being said, I would like to keep my price around ~$2k (books are expensive enough ). Now that I've found notebookforums.com, I have begun reading about 64 bit processors, and that worries me. Would I be wise to take a pass on the 3.0 ghz HT P4 in the G1 in favor of an AMD64? Would I run into any compatibility problems with the AMD, or would *ANY APPLICATION* that ran on a Pentium also run on an AMD? Lastly, if you were to recommend me one system, what would it be? Thanks very much!Zach
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