Coming soon: HP Pavilion dm1/dm3/dv8/tm2 Notebooks, Mini 5102, Compaq CQ36 + more

[sendmarksmail]

Looks like I'll pass on this Mini 311. I hate those ugly designs, they are a big part in making decisions. Hopefully the 11.6" version doesn't have designs or at least a subtle one.

*Is this the 11.6"? The Mini 311?

[Phil]

Both Mini 311 and DM1 are 11.6".

[GENETX]

Originally Posted by necrophyte

almost the same grave fail would be launching the top-end models (eg. 8540p & hdx/voodoo for the consumer line) with win7, but without dx11 gpus. just wait some few months more until the little mobility brothers of the this week coming radeon redwood/juniper/cypress (5600/5700/5800) come out, and offer a mainstream/performance (the first two), as well as an enthusiast class (5800) gpu to choose from, as mentioned at the beginning of this thread already..

But what DX11 GPU you'd like to see. If win7 launches, there is no DX11 mobile gpu. And I'd rather have Windows 7 instead of Vista, even withou DX11 gpu...

Anyways, walk ahead, dv8 is crap. CPU is nice, gpu is bad, no just worst... A NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

dm3 has the GMA X4500 btw. More specs can be found in the comments on notebookspot: http://notebookspot.nl/nieuws/98/1/c...html#comment23

[Teraforce]

Originally Posted by MGS2392

Very interesting... 8440w? Possibly a 14" workstation? Engineering college students would really like that...

Or perhaps they're bringing back the old HP Compaq nw8440 from 2006!! (The predecessor to the predecessor to the current 8530w!)

Pics: http://forum.notebookreview.com/gall...php?photo=1373

[Vandyu]

[quote=sendmarksmail;5296151]Looks like I'll pass on this Mini 311. I hate those ugly designs, they are a big part in making decisions. Hopefully the 11.6" version doesn't have designs or at least a subtle one.

I totally agree about the stupid swirl and bubble designs that HP is using. I just want a plain case, black or a traditional color. No stripes, polka dots, or funny faces!

[Ayepecks]

Honestly, the swirls don't bother me that much. I'd prefer it just be solid black, but it's not really a big deal to me. The expresso finish, however, kills anything. lol

I am really leaning towards getting a Mini 311. If the specs and price are what's been posted, I almost surely will.

[sendmarksmail]

Yea just saw the dv8 specs and possible design, one site pointed that it was "expresso" which I don't find appealing at all. Very disappointed in HP's half-butted effort.

I liked the old dv7t, the first generation, designs...subtle squares that you can't see unless you look closely. Very manly/unisex design.

Maybe next year...I'm waiting on USB 3.0 as well. Disappointed it hasn't been brought out by now since all these terabyte external drives are becoming more common and transferring is taking forever with USB 2.0.

[necrophyte]

But what DX11 GPU you'd like to see. If win7 launches, there is no DX11 mobile gpu. And I'd rather have Windows 7 instead of Vista, even withou DX11 gpu...

dont know about you, but for me it would be much more convenient waiting some more months to get the newest hardware than getting a new notebook with a present (eg. radeon 4000) gpu at the moment the new ones (5000) are just being launched.. this is like buying vista now, a month before 7 comes out.. but an OS you can uninstall/upgrade at any time, with the mobile gpu its not that simple unfortunately..

and mobile 5000 gpus are coming in q1 2010, so its not that one would have to wait sooo long. and i hope hp offers a performance class (madison) & a high-end class (broadway) mobile gpu on the p-elitebooks, not just one gpu, and that one generation behind like they did with the 8530p and its 3650 while mobility 4650 already was on the way..

the timing now would be perfect for a complete (high-end) hardware/OS upgrade: win 7, intel lynnfield cpus, ati evergreen gpus - all launched just within less than 6 months (including mobile versions; without them its within less than 2 months!)

[Jayayess1190]

Mini 311 hands on

[MGS2392]

Originally Posted by Teraforce

Or perhaps they're bringing back the old HP Compaq nw8440 from 2006!! (The predecessor to the predecessor to the current 8530w!)

Pics: http://forum.notebookreview.com/gall...php?photo=1373

Well if there's also an 8540w. If the naming scheme continues, that would be the 15.4" mobile workstation. The only sizes left to go are 14" and below. And since w indicates workstation, and there's a 4 after the 8, I think it'd be a 14" workstation.

Pretty cool.