Spill the Beans Dell Spill the Beans! Manufacturers Piling Up to Expose the World to Montevina.

[atbnet]

I can't believe Dell is just going to let all these manufacturers show them up.

[sefk]

Montevina is only half released, all those "montevina based" laptop release can't be tagged as centrino (at least for now). So, currently, many lappies released today are only available at pre-order. Mid-August is the true release date of centrino 2 and in fact, I think that even HP is keeping a lot of models in the dark. So, it's possible that dell can't release nothing, because their models relies on unreleased montevina technologies.

On the other hand, maybe dell wants to play it à la Apple? Who knows.

[Death Ro]

Should I order my M1530 now? I don't really care for any of the stuff that the Montevina has and the EPP deal is good enough already...

[Joako]

Should I order my M1530 now? I don't really care for any of the stuff that the Montevina has and the EPP deal is good enough already...

You already answered your own question.

[atbnet]

You already answered your own question.

Bingo!

[link747]

The 1530 has some good deals right now and I was thinking of getting one now because of that, but I really want to know what gpu dell will be using in th refresh and how much better it will perform compared to the 8600gt, plus I don't know if I want to risk buying a laptop with a 8600 in it after the whole nvidia defective gpu ordeal. I wish they would make an announcement already, the new toshibas are really starting to look nice now, if only dell would make an announcement that the xps 1530 will be fitted with a 9700 GTS like the toshibas, that might make it easier for me to wait.

[sefk]

"I really want to know what gpu dell will be using in th refresh and how much better it will perform compared to the 8600gt"
Even with a 9600m gt, performance increase will be soso (and 9500m gs is almost a 8600m gt rebranded).

"that the xps 1530 will be fitted with a 9700 GTS like the toshibas, that might make it easier for me to wait."
Forget about it.
1: dell doesn't want xps to compete will alienware
2: a 9700 GTS drain too much power and is too hot for normal laptops.

[SpeedyMods]

From the looks of the latest coupons, the 17th may be the magic date.

[Aaronmcc]

I hope dell includes an option on the xps m1530 for a 128gb ssd with the refresh...

[atbnet]

Yeah, the 128 SSD upgrade has been promised for the XPS line when they first unveiled it for the Latitude. They are getting into the usable range for me.