Buy now or wait for the 28nm GUPs?

I am having a hard time deciding on what to do. Are the new GPUs and ivy bridge CPUs really going to run that much cooler and have a significant battery life boost?

 

if you need a laptop now then buy it, something new and better is always around the corner.

 

Yeap, once the ivy bridge cpus come out, something else will be announced, and it'll be even better. So as inap said, if you want one now, get one now, sandy bridge isn't exactly ancient.

 

Ivy Bridge will work in the same sockets as the current Sandy Bridge desktop boards, with a BIOS update.

With some luck, a BIOS update or mod can be done to the M17x R3 (if Intel does not change to mobile pin out) to support the current R3 motherboards with HM67 chipsets.

There was a time this happened before about 4-5 years ago, when Intel brough out their Core Duo, and updated to Core 2 Duo. I was able to upgrade my HP DV2000 with Intel Core Duo (T2050) all the way upto a speedy Core 2 Duo (T7200).

 

I think what OP is asking... is Ivy and 28nm GPUs worth the wait.

I'd say for IVY no...

Neh to Sandy was a WAY bigger jump then will be from Sandy to Ivy.

As for GPUs... some1 else will have to comment.

 

From what I've seen (What other people are saying) we're going to see a nice jump in both battery life and performance in the next generation of GPUs. Someone else might have better specifics.

 

^^What this guy said. For me, I just kept saving and saving and saving $ till I reached $1500. Then I searched for the best bang for buck lappy out at the moment, and it happened to be a 30% off R3 Maybe you'll get lucky as well? (Hopefully you won't run into the Intel fiasco or trouble getting replacements like a bunch of us did though)

Good luck!

 

Dookie, did you end up keeping your original? They are shipping me another replacement (number 2). If that one isn't perfect, I'll be keeping my first one as well. I swapped the lid from the first replacement so no more dead pixels.

 

You can get a decently priced R3 off the dell outlet now.

That's what I would be looking at. Dell's refurbs are usually top notch, and you wont completely break the bank to get it.

 

Yes I kept the original

This is funny, cuz those are the ones that prolly me and remedy sent back to dell, lolz. How much are they running for?

 

Yes, but at the same time they are brought to factory settings and fixed to meet original requirements so they can be better than new ordered systems. Also even if there is a problem, these come with warranty. I personally had(/heard of) good experience with these systems.