Allienware New Products...

Ive been considering the M17x for the past week, after seeing the review on NBR.

Then I said I would wait, and see what the new M15x would include, after reading about the Landfall on this forum.

But I had a bugging question in my head; as it seems the Quads and QXs are at the end of a product line. Yeah we all want the best components (without really analyzing why!), but Im also looking out for future upgradability. I normally buy desktop components and then upgrade CPU/Mem when I feel it is going to give me a substantial boost. I thought about it over the M17x line. Its a laptop you can "Upgrade".. Great! BUT there really insnt an upgrade path.

Then I read this article on anandtech about the new Lynnfield.
Intel's Core i7 870 & i5 750 (Its linked to the final words, were it talks slightly about notebooks)

" Lynnfield power consumption is just excellent, these are the most power efficient quad-core CPUs we've ever tested. They use less power at idle than similarly clocked dual-core processors and under load they deliver better performance per watt than any of their closest competitors. Later this year we'll see 32nm dual-core Westmere start to ship for notebooks. I don't have performance data but I'd expect that early next year will be the perfect time to buy a new notebook." Author: Anand Lal Shimpi


And it seems this could be an interesting processor once the mobile versions came out... AND you would have the possibility of future upgrades... giving an extended life to your laptop.

What do you think?
PS Im not talking about the 6 month "New Hardware Comming" which always delays your purchase. Products come and go, but its best to get the wave as it starts, and not as the wave is comming to an end.

 

Unfortunately latest and greatest hardware only last for a few weeks at best. If you really want a laptop go with whatever is out now, for all you know it could be months before the next CPU gets released and even then you never know if the new line will be compatible with the first mobos for that chip.... at lest quad cores and current technology is proven.

 

And just one year after the release of mobile i7, we'll see the mobile sandy bridge processors as well.

Plus the fastest first-gen mobile i7 is just 2.0GHz. I suspect the 32nm chips will be better but nevertheless might as well wait a few more months after THAT until better processors come out.