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<blockquote data-quote="777" data-source="post: 187650">Hi all,Before I start, I'd like to say that this forum has been tremendously helpful thus far! Very knowledgable.Anyways, in the fall, I'm going to be attending an Apple-friendly college, and I'm in need of a laptop.&nbsp; Having seen the newest MBP, I'd definitely love to try to switch from PC to Macs.&nbsp; But my fear is that the yonah chips are only 32-bit.&nbsp; Now I know that 64-bit programs aren't in the mainstream yet, but I tend to keep things that I buy for a really long time.&nbsp; The PC I have now is 7 years old.&nbsp; Do you guys think it would be smarter for me to go for a dual AMD Turion (most likely Lenovo) when it comes out in a few months? Or just go ahead and purchase the MBP and hope that the 64-bit apps aren't coming as soon as people say.&nbsp; I'm going to keep this laptop at least through graduate school (8ish years).&nbsp; The ideal situation would be for me to wait for the meroms that come out at the end of the year, but school starts in September, and I'm afraid that waiting that long won't be an option.&nbsp; Any thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="777, post: 187650"] Hi all, Before I start, I'd like to say that this forum has been tremendously helpful thus far! Very knowledgable. Anyways, in the fall, I'm going to be attending an Apple-friendly college, and I'm in need of a laptop. Having seen the newest MBP, I'd definitely love to try to switch from PC to Macs. But my fear is that the yonah chips are only 32-bit. Now I know that 64-bit programs aren't in the mainstream yet, but I tend to keep things that I buy for a really long time. The PC I have now is 7 years old. Do you guys think it would be smarter for me to go for a dual AMD Turion (most likely Lenovo) when it comes out in a few months? Or just go ahead and purchase the MBP and hope that the 64-bit apps aren't coming as soon as people say. I'm going to keep this laptop at least through graduate school (8ish years). The ideal situation would be for me to wait for the meroms that come out at the end of the year, but school starts in September, and I'm afraid that waiting that long won't be an option. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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