Dell Studio XPS 1340/1640 now available for purchase on Dell's site !!!

Yeah, google cache showed the page as being up on Nov7 or before when I checked originally. Its definitely been up a while, but at least it shows they are getting ready for a new release.

If they can't get a new laptop to the market for the holiday season, I don't think they would announce it anytime this year. Its a month before xmas now, so basically I think if we don't see some new laptops in these next days, that's it, were not going to see them at all until the new year.

 

so please don't keep a me waiting...

oh, too late. Hey, I don't even care if we can just get some solid news. something I can mark down on my calendar:

xx/xx/2009- place order for Studio XPS 1640

sigh...

 

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/xps-1340-appears-on-dells-website-in-name-only/

XPS 1340... Nothing about Studio XPS though... Dec. 2008?

edit: old news lol

 

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So, what happened in the webcast?

 

Where are that news?

 

I just found the DELL by-mail offers in my letterbox here in Germany, dated "December 2008". No sign of any new machine.

 

dont expect anything this year. XPS and Inspiron 1525 are in good supply till end of january.

 

God no news on the webcast for the new xps.
OMFG what the heck is dell doing :S

 

I´ve been waiting for 4 months...and now this...

I´m thinking about, pick the "old" XPS because it has good price...o pick another laptop...

what do you think guys?

 

Well I dont know but i'm starting to get tired of waiting for the new xps. =(
I have to change my laptop soon so probably I'll go with the studio 15 or the Sony FW...

 

One has to wonder what makes them delaying the launch of new models till late January or even early February. With the time it takes them to build and ship models you'd probably won't have one until late February.

A MacBook Pro it is then.

 

Shame that there will be no new XPS models any time soon.
I might wait anyways, but I think we will need a new thread - Studio XPS 13/16 alternatives.. or this thread will get closed soon..

 

I was thinking maybe after black Friday. I don't think dell would introduce a new notebook before that special date.

 

Jayson is working for Dell. They just want to sell all old XPS left before launching new ones

 

but at the same time they are losing future buyers because of the time waiting...the others HP, ASUS, SONY, have released they computers MOTEVINA long time before...

 

want montevina? get studio 15 or 17.. want smaller chassis get latitude e.. want something else.. wait or..

 

Yes, for the tech savvy segment of their market I would imagine they are losing some potential buyers due to the wait

- But for those customers that aren't quite in the know, the sort of people who have no knowledge of nor interest in the term Montevina (I would imagine a fairly large percentage of dell's home customer base) having the newest platform is of no consequence in their decision to purchase.

So I would Imagine Dell is still selling quite a few of its studios, and xps'. So there would be no logical reason for Dell to merely burn or dispose of its stockpile of slightly older machines, if they can sell them at a high price well after a year since the systems originally came out.

Though it does suck for those of us waiting.

 

okay, if you are waiting for 1640, u can go for m4400, t500, mb pro, dv5t or whatever; but if I am interested in 1340? what opportunities? except mb having no normal hdmi

 

yes but the studio GPU...is not the same than the XPS 1530...and i have seen that the T9300 is better than the P8400, and the difference between the 8600 GT is not a lot than the 9600GT...

the price is very interesting...

 

If price is not an issue, the Sony Z would be a nice alternative. I ordered the Z540 CTO last night for $2,100 after a $250 discount and should get it after 12/05. I can't wait until Jan/Feb. for the M1340. Now I still need a larger notebook so Dell might still get my business for the M1640. I can use my new Z until then. I'll probably wait, but you never know.

 

The problem is Dell hasn´t say a word yet, we are waiting just for smoke, there is nothing real, just some dreamy pictures. I don´t know if those can keep me waiting for that long, I think Dell should announce their new line, normal constumers wouldn't even notice that, and we would have something to wait for.

 

Perhaps Dell is afraid that enough of their "normal" customers might find out (better term might be "average" customers since most of us here are "above average" ).

Anyway, I just found out that the first Sony Z refresh (model change from Z5xx to Z6xx) is coming sooner than I expected, like maybe next week. The update to Bluetooth 2.1 is one change. It looks like I'm canceling tomorrow.

 

They definitely don't want to let too many people know that new notebooks are coming because that would kill their holiday sales and hopefully redeem themselves for the year. But at the same time they are losing customers since they are just offering the same old thing.

 

I think I will go for the lg p310, or the s510,both with 9600gt, no Dell guarantee, but better performance than current xps1530, wich is what I'm looking for.

 

Well said.

 

You are right!
Now, for me it's finished to wait, next week I will order a Sony Z T9600, 4GB DDR3...

 

screw it im not waiting anymore.

 

Jayson,
Did you learn anything in your webcast about the XPS notebooks replacment, other than it will not be out this year?
I was wondering, if I decided to wait until Jan/Feb, would it be worth the wait. Are there any cool features on the next laptops that you know of?:wink:

 

i have a question, if these slides said that the XPS 1530 will end in November?it means that in december won´t sell them?

Jayson,do you have something to say?

Mayb these slides talk about the XPS STUDIO desktop line...that have been released in November, and we will wait till....nobody nows

 

Do not assume that just because a roadmap on slides which no one can truly confirm are official slides says XPS1530 production ends in Nov, that it will actually end in Nov. Products always get released/delayed/cancelled/changed in development, so even if that roadmap is actually from Dell as most of us believe, things change, nothing is set in stone.

It would be nice for Dell to release some official news, but the lack of news just kinda indicates they're just covering themselves. Hopefully, all this extra wait time, they're actually spending productively, by doing things like increasing the cooling capacity of the new units or maybe even more power efficient, maybe better screens?

Though... I'm kinda of the opinion that they'll just shove old XPS1330 and 1530 parts in... and what you're really buying is a 1330 or a 1530 with a nicer outer casing (subjective) and new Montevina tech.

 

Check this out - Dell XPS Bation PC

 

ya right. I will believe it when I see it, which will probably be years from now, if ever. Dell can't even get a new XPS out by Christmas, much less put out something as revolutionary as that.

 

it may be fantasy but i still want one

 

Is that the notebook I'll buy in 2015...from Apple or Sony?

 

Dell priorities totally messed up. They should be releasing news about the Studio XPS laptops which will earn them money NOW, rather than news about a sweet looking baton laptop which I'd say is a very long long ways away.

 

No kidding, what is the point of even putting ANYTHING out about a machine like the 'baton' when you wont say a word about the next XPS.

 

I bought the "old" m1330 as a gift for one person, for only $1300 (4GB RAM, 128 MB Video, 250 GB 7200rpm HDD, Bluetooth, etc.) I'd say get the "old" one if you can't wait. As for myself, I'll wait till February, no big deal. I looked at Sony Z, but the tray-loading optical drive *sucks*, I want the elegant slot-loading that XPS has. Plus, as always, Sony is way too overpriced. I'll wait, anyways...

 

That XPS baton look good but i dont think is going to work that good. What about the processor, the hdd...it's something imposible to me.

 

Lol why did they call it the XPS baton? I hope they don't intend to use it as a stick to hit people.

 

Well, considering something like that is waaay down the road, I'd say we should keep the thread focused on the XPS 13/16.

 

Stay on topic guys, there is a thread about XPS Baton right here. If you want to discuss XPS Baton this thread is NOT the place.
Thank you.

 

It's like this, I bought an XPS M1330 in August 2007. The same model has hasn't been redesigned in 16 months. That's rediculous. Sure a Studio XPS 1340 is out there somewhere, but its old news now, come on! I'll be going Apple or HP when I spend my next $2000 on a laptop, take that Dell.

 

Not sure if this means anything but went to Dell Outlet and there are no M1330s or M1530s on the list.

 

where is this info?

 

Doesn't mean anything, other than that they have no refurbished units right now. You can find plenty discontinued models on there, so they'll still be selling the 1330/1530 long after they replace them with the 1340/1640. With the way Dell is moving here, I'm sure that'll be sometime around the time we get flying cars.

Really Dell...Just give us something here.

 

Jayson, what happened in the webcast? Was there a webcast ?

You do know, besides that leak on the website, we still haven't got any actual proof from Dell that they will release a Studio XPS 1340 and 1640.

Unless someone could point me to that info?

 

One quesstion for dell now is "Would there be a benefit to release the laptops now?"

Yes christmas is around the corner, and black friday is over, so it is possible dell moved some of the older stock out of the way. But maybe dell is afraid that the slow down might affect new product sales and people may not spend extra on something new, when they would rather save and get something almost as good for much cheaper. But then if sales are not dropping that much or are flat, dell can always wait for next year to release the new laptops.

this is a good read on dell
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24724535-36418,00.html

it has some good points such as

Even though the new models are ready there might be something holding them back from being released? perhaps the factories are having issues or suppliers not being ready?

hehe found this funny btw

I still think dell is waiting for a january show for these laptops, most likely at CES. And dell does not want to dish out early info on new products right now, why? well simple this would basically kill any sales of older stock while people wait for newer products which are just around the corner, think the new macs, most people were on the fence whether to hold out for the new ones or buy the stock on sale.

In the end I still think dell has a weird and messed up release schedule with the centrino 2 cpus only recently being added to the lineup.

sorry for the rant, maybe we need another thread devoted to "why hasn't dell released info on the new xps laptops?"

 

The fact that every single competitor has both 13 and 15 inch models with the latest innards out on the market pretty much killed sales of the 13 and 1530 ages ago. The fact is, no consumer need wait. The products are out there and have been for quite some time. So why do Dell? They are cannabalising their own userbase. By the time the Studio XPS notebooks launch, everyone who had wanted one will have already purchased something else!

Now, fair enough if they aren't launching them until next year. There must be good reason. But not having atleast announced/confirmed them by now is just complete madness.

 

apple's mb series are direct rivals of xps series, the slides showed that new xps would use same nvidia chipset; okay i can cherish hopes for hybrid sli in 1340 cause i believe there is enough space for it but come on tech specs will be almost the same so what is the deal? what holding dell back? their financial performance was nice recently but things are changing rapidly like in nvidia-ati case. they should take care of core competitors.