New Dell XPS L521X (Ivy Bridge)

[Genoskia]

I would love to see a thunderbolt port on this baby.. unfortunately it seems dell hasnt committed to it at all according to news sites. Anyone know anything about if this will have thunderbolt or not?

[Luoar]

any experts have an opinion about the release date? will it be released in the next 14 days?

I'm not an expert...
But as it would be released with an i5 (even as an option...) it would be at least June, when the i5's are introduced.

So I'm afraid that it won't be within 14 days, but that's just what I think... Could be wrong (hope so:P)

[Genoskia]

I'm not an expert...
But as it would be released with an i5 (even as an option...) it would be at least June, when the i5's are introduced.

So I'm afraid that it won't be within 14 days, but that's just what I think... Could be wrong (hope so:P)

Very true, lets hope they release it as quad core only for a while (possible) or release it along with a Sandy Bridge dual core variant (which probably wont happen) or they will wait until both are available (most likely).

[mastypk]

XPS is only available with i5 & i7. These have been released already.

So, I don't think it will take that much time. But as Dell is not disclosing any information, it can take time. As if we see XPS 13 ultrabook, XPS 15z etc, these were available for more than a month before the release date.

So, lets see when it will come.

[nicob]

Bad news: I just read an article that states that:

Ivy Bridge-based ultrabooks as well as mainstream Ivy Bridge-based notebook models are unlikely to appear until early June, with Computex 2012 to be the best stage to introduce these new machines, according to sources from supply chain players.

Source: Digitimes

[ZXRaziel]

Reading about the issues with Ivi , i am going to stay with the Sandy i have , it is so good .

[ximinez]

Now I'm curious... what issues with Ivy?

[supertoast92]

The only "issue" I'm aware of from reading online articles is that these chips tend to run a bit warmer than the Sandy Bridge series chips, more noticeable when overclocking them, though...

[sevenofnine]

I've not read the early reviews yet but I'm really surprised they run warmer than Sandy Bridge! I would have thought they would would run cooler with the lower power draw etc. Interesting.

[russhw]

I need to get my daughter a laptop before July 1st a xps 14 ultrabook would be cool