Dell uk not offering 940xm anymore, something better on the way?

Hi guys, I'm looking into buying a m17x in Sep-Oct. I was looking at the uk dell site and was customizing an m17x to see that they have removed the 940xm!? I pressed chat with a dell expert and this is what I got:

16:09:12 Customeer Mirram
Initial Question/Comment: Hello, Im looking into buying an alienware m17x, but at the processor customization, I used to see the 940xm processor as a choice but not anymore, will you be offering the 940xm later on? or not anymore?
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16:09:27 Agent dellexpert
Thank you for contacting dell chat sales. This is dellexpert, your sales advisor.
16:09:42 Agent dellexpert
Hello Mirram.
16:09:56 Customer Mirram
Hello
16:11:52 Agent dellexpert
That is right this option is not available online anymore.
16:12:02 Agent dellexpert
Please give me a moment while I check if we can offer this offline.
16:12:52 Customer Mirram
is this for a limited time, or will it not be available from now on
16:13:57 Agent dellexpert
Thank you for your patience.
16:14:11 Agent dellexpert
I am afraid this processor is not available at the moment.
16:14:35 Customer Mirram
will it be available later on?
16:16:03 Agent dellexpert
As it is End of Life. It will not be. You might have something better than this coming up.

I have removed his name and replaced it with 'dellexpert'.
So, is this just speculation that he made? (something better coming up)
But why isn't the 940xm available anymore? wasn't it released in June?
Hopefully we'll see sandy bridge soon??

 

Ha, something better is always coming! But, not sure if its anytime soon though.

 

the 940XM is the last clock speed update before sandy bridge. Nothing else is comming out that's better, and sandy bridge won't hit AW laptops until q1-q2 next year. they're not avaliable right now because of a lack of supply.

 

that explains why my replacement is still not in production after one whole week!

 

Short supply? Maybe that explains why we still haven't seen the 940XM option show up in the states yet. We're still limited to the 920XM on the M17x

 

I can confirm that its aint available to order on the UK website....obviously high demand and short supply meaning withdrawn to avoid confusions

 

would you guys think the 840processor would suffice, if I ain't thinking in overclocking the 940? or will it be a big loss in power?

 

It will be if you flash to A08 BIOS (see the sticky BIOS discussion thread).

 

whell they removed the 920xm 3 weekes ago and replased that with the 940xm and that is now gone too this is in denmark

 

I chatted online to AW UK yesterday and they told me that they didnt have any 940xm's in stock.....i asked if there was a reason that they had been taken off the site (as i assume that just as not in stock atm, its no reason to delete them as an option to order - would just increase the delivery time)

Got told nothing!! - just out of stock.....

Now im a scceptical kinda guy so im automatically assuming that they have been withdrawn for a reason.

If you read the a08 discussion thread, regarding the lowering of the xm's performance, some people have said that Intel knew nothing about the fact that Dell werent sticking to the intended specifications of the extreme multipliers.....

Its a long shot, but maybe Intel has restricted Dell's useage of the extreme cpu's because of this?.....pure speculation of course!

 

this is weird indeed, everyone else seems to be offering 940xm.. do you guys think I should wait a couple of months? for maybe sandy bridge, usb 3 and nvidia , instead of ordering one in october?

 

OK this guys from dell don't know what they are talking about! they just added the 940xm in the uk dell site.

 

Just checked UK site for myself and yeah, they ARE now offering the 940xm as an option......must have been a stock issue more than anything else.