dv3 and dv4 refresh

[bobthenailer]

ok well I have some information on the new notebooks HP has on the way for the beginning of next year, you MAY see them as early as Christmas but its doubtful. They are going to be using "Arrandale" CPUs and from what I am told are going to be intel only (there will not be any AMD version of these notebooks). Don't really have a clear picture on the touchscreen dv3, its coming to the USA, but it may be a Bestbuy only model, like the dv3500 was. Now for the graphics, apparently they are going to have optional HD4330 (dv3) and 4550 (dv4) graphics and they are going to be switchable with the built-in GPU thats going to be in the "Arrandale" CPUs, also apparently these integrated GPUs will perform about on par with the current GMA 4500MHD which is underwhelming. The dv4 is going to have an optional built-in tv tuner, and the other big news is that both of these notebooks are going to feature an instant-on Linux OS (probably based off of the now defunct Mi that was on the minis) in addition to windows. There are also going to be stripped down Compaq equivalents of these models.

[Jayayess1190]

Cool, can't wait for the onslaught of Arrandale notebooks. I doubt they will be seen before Christmas since Intel is officially releasing Arrandale around Jan 7th.