HP 8540w and others are nearly here

[knight427]

The 620 is dual core only the 720 and 820 are quads

I should have elaborated, I meant that the $2500 model which shows 620 (dual core) might be priced for 720 or 820 (quad core) models.

The 8540p price is for the non-SmartBuy model, but the 8440w is a SmartBuy model. SmartBuy configurations are significantly cheaper than non-SmartBuy and CTO models.

Clearly there is more to it than that. Again, look at the pre-configs for the 8540p. Note the exact same configuration is being sold at both $1,600 and $2,500.

[process]

Gotcha. I'm actually hoping for the fx1800m (or even better the ati card) the FHD display and at least the 720qm for around 2500 but I can easily see it over that I just hope it isn't...

[dtwn]

dtwn, how long til CTO do you think?

No clue, might take a while though, and more importantly, the CTO Elitebooks tend to be exorbitantly priced.

Clearly there is more to it than that. Again, look at the pre-configs for the 8540p. Note the exact same configuration is being sold at both $1,600 and $2,500.

Not necessarily, Elitebook pricing doesn't always make sense.

HP makes pricing/spec mistakes fairly often as well.

I do find it interesting to note that the P models don't have on-site warranty. I always thought they did.

I wouldn't be too bothered by prices to be honest, if the W model is substantially better and satisfies your needs, buy it before they raise the price or something.

If you think the 8540p prices are ridiculous, just remember that the 8530p/8530w are still on sale without a drop in price.

[SecretAsianMan]

Prices definitely could be worse. Check out the M6500 pricing...

[knight427]

Prices definitely could be worse. Check out the M6500 pricing...

Not really a fair comparison until the 8740w drops.

Clearly the 8540p prices are wrong (at least the 2 more expensive models). I haven't really been complaining, the prices of the lower p and the 2 w models seem pretty good to me. In fact, the w is much cheaper than it should be in relation to the equal spec'd p.

[Falundir]

While I'm sure there are a number of people who are happy that there is something to order, I find their first offerings a bit lacking. I was hoping they would at least publish a prebuild that was fully loaded for purchase. Guess I'm waiting for CTO.

[process]

Twas my hope as well. I called hp to ask but they're still dumb as ever.

[scognz]

I've been looking at the Thinkpad W510 with i7 820QM, 15.6" FHD Display (95% NTSC Gamut) with LED Backlight, and NVIDIA NVS 5100m Discrete Graphics.

The HP 8540W has me interested though with it's NVIDIA FX 1800M as I will be using the computer for 3d content creation and could use the extra power from a Quadro FX. the extra CUDA cores would be usefull too.

My question is, could I expect to configure a 8540w with FHD dreamcolour, 820QM, and FX 1800M for anywhere near the $2300us the Thinkpad is on sale for right now? I'm very tempted to wait and see but the sale ends on feb 3rd.

I know nobody really knows for sure but it would be great to at least have an idea.

[dtwn]

Considering prices for HP Elitebook CTO units in the past, probably not. Not without coupons at any rate.

[scognz]

Thanks, guess I'll go with the Thinkpad then, shame it doesn't have better graphics. With any luck the nvs 5100m will be able to be bios modded to a full FX 880m, and not just partly such as consumer equivalents usually do (gt330m)