amd64 laptop recommendations

[Michael W. Oliver]

Good morning folks!

I am in the market for an AMD64-based laptop, and am currently leaning
toward the Acer Ferrari 3400, but would like to borrow a few minutes of
your time to ask for suggestions on something better.

I just spoke to someone at Acer, and they gave me these specs:

o CPU - AMD64 3200+ (2.0 Ghz)
o LAN - Broadcom BCM5788M
o Wireless - Broadcom BCM4306KFB (mini-PCI, maybe replaceable with
  atheros-based a/b/g card????)
o bluetooth / modem - CSR BC212615BEN-E4 (agere scorpio)
o Via K8T800 chipset, Via VT8235CE
o Phoenix BIOS (hoping for hw.acpi.s4bios=1)

Thanks for your time and consideration, I appreciate it!

(The reason that I am moving from i386 toward AMD64 is a belief that 64
bit computing is the future, and that the AMD64 will be around for a
(relatively) long time, and since I can't spend thousands of $$ very
often for a new PC, this (it would seem) holds the most long-term value.
If you think I am way off base on that assumption, please school me!)

-- 
Michael W. Oliver
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