Averatec with amd athlon xp-m HELLPPP!!!

Hello, I have never used Linux in my life, but have an Averatec laptop with amd athlon xp-m laying around and decided i would try linux. I was going to buy the "linux central version" of Mandrake 10.1 x86 64 but I decided to post here for extra assurance and see if this would work with my laptop?

My email is nsmatt@earthlink.net but feel free to post here.

Thanks,
Nick.

Welcome to the forums bigpoo,
only buy the 64 bit version if your computer is 64 bit.

otherwise take a look at linux on laptops to see other people's experiences with a particular laptop.