Are C91 and C90P the same thing?

I've read about both the C91 and the C90P. They're both supposed to come out shortly after C90. They're both suposed to have 15.4'' screens. The C91 is supposed to be less bulky. The C90P is suposed to have a P35 chipset, which I assume would make it less bulky due to the generation gap between 945P and P35. And I've never seen them both mentioned in the same article.

So my question is, you guys think one is just a new name for the same thing?

And Asus advertises the fact its graphics are industry standard so it's totally customizable. But are we really going to see anything fit in it that's better than the 8600M GT any time soon? Maybe like, an 8650M or something later, but other than that, I can't think of anything until 9600M-ish time-frame. Even if they do, where would you be able to buy an upgrade?

 

8700M GT thats out now will likely go into it, and many people are speculating that the soon-to-be announced 8800M GS will be an option as well.

 

Details still are murky about the C90s. The C91, supposedly, is the C90s, without the vent in the back. Other then that, I think its the same. The reason for the C91 would probably be more R&D and time, so, hopefully the C91 will be a superior jump(terms of size, ventulation, etc.) over the C90s.

 

Ive read that c91 is merom santa rosa. This way asus keeps the same agenda by having the c91 be "a fully upgradeable laptop" but is aim towards people who want more battery life and efficiency instead of power. All the talk about the c90 people often forget the main goal was not the conroe processor but the fact thats its supposedly the first "fully upgradeable" lappy.

 

Well, what about this:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/hands_on_asus_core_2_duo_powered_c90s_notebook

If the C91 gets hotter without the fan, I'd prefer the C90. So you think we'll see C90S, C90P, and C91? I guess that makes sense. As far as I can tell, when Asus changes the last letter of a product, it's visually the same, regardless of the specs.

Edit: If the C91 is a Santa Rosa notebook, that'd make perfect sense. Socket P processors are plenty available to buy for a custom notebook. It wouldn't take away from the custom-ness, it'd eliminate the huge fan, and add battery life.

Man I hope we'll see at least 8700M GT in these. I actually doubt that, though, because of its power/thermal requirements. An 8800M GS would be amazing too, but I really think 8800M GS is just an older name for the 8700M GT because of this:
http://www.driverheaven.net/windows-xp-linux-nvidia-display-drivers/134673-forceware-165-01-xp-english-only.html

Looks like a good codename for an overclocked 8600M to me, but, like the peopl on that site speculate, it could be a mobile version of the desktop 8600 Ultra, which is basically an 8600 with a 256-bit interface.

Edit: Again, even though these suckers are supposed ot have upgradable graphics and LCDs and such, where are we even gonna get these? Any notebook can upgrade RAM and hdd, and many CPU as well, so if you can't buy the other customizable parts, what makes it any different?

 

Yes sure many are but asus is claiming that it is easy that nearly all people can do which I am 100% sure that many people would not claim that they can change their processor,gpu, ram, and hard drive easily. Asus is claiming that anyone can do it is and all the review sites and info sites who have tested it say asus is right its just mainly unscrewing and rescrewing. Many people like myself would be wary and wouldn't want to mess with my laptop if it seemed complicated but if it is as easy as asus and the sources claim I would have little worries.

 

well..asus sure bring to us many flavours,from conroe notebooks to a centrino 8800M notebook..hopefully the C91 has improvements especially on the airflow(C90s airflow probably stuck,so ASUS built 4 big fans in the C90s' butt)

 

I found this on mikeshardware.co.uk

From what I understand, these won't work in the C90S, but will in the C90P because of the Bearlake chipset? Man, I really hope that E6850 really is priced that way. That'd be amazing.

I haven't heard about that.

 

It has a lower multiplier to achieve that higher fsb so that means overclocking has diminished tho I still have to agree that the pricing is attractive.