Has Dell withdrawn the M2010?

Does anyone know answer to this? Has been unavailable on website for over a week now. Thanks

 

I think it's very likely. It hasn't been updated in a while... it was just a matter of time till it happened.

 

God i only hope...It was like the pontiac aztec of computers.

 

My wife loves her M2010 but I doubt it sold very well and its getting very outdated at this point.

 

Hey...yes I believe its *gone daddy gone* lol...Well, I would assume they needed to *dust off the shelves* and make room for all the new models we are waiting for....................still

Here's a linky to another thread started on the M2010 the other day, for you to peruse

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=284350




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I tend to agree. Some people are very quick to put down the unit without ever owning one, but the fact is, once you do have one, you realize how cool it is (for a general use PC...it wouldn't make a hard-core gamer happy).

Also, it is unfortunate that it was designed to only work with Merom CPU's, and only three flavors of those, as they are still very expensive. That, in itself, almost kills the unit as far being scaleable and future-proof (a T7600 is still well over $300 on ebay, and is only 2.33Ghz).

But, I was emailed a Dell Outlet coupon this morning, for 20% off any XPS M2010. I looked right away and there were almost two hundred available at the outlet, and within a little over an hour, stock was down to about 20 units. (Yes, I scored another M2010 at an awesome price...faster CPU than mine, so will probably keep that one and sell my current M2010 for a profit).

 

Wouldn't surprise me if they've disappeared , there old and montevina will be out V.soon. These are like 3 refreshes old and they have the M1330 + New lattitudes. Mind you on the UK site they still sell the M1710 ^^

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Thought you were talking about M1210 not M2010... lol

 

If you want one, stop by the Outlet coupon thread, there are a few in there. You can save 20%.

 

I don't think it sold very well, especially with competition from HP's 20" HDX, which is much sleeker, has better processors, ports and GPU options.

 

They arn't that great. For something so expensive you'd think it'd come with a really decent graphics card, which it doesn't. The 8600GT crushes it and has all the functionality of it, lighter, better battery life, etc.

 

What's an 8600GT? And, I now TWO have M2010's with C2D 2.0Ghz+ and RAID'ed drives for less than $1100 each (thanks to a 20% off coupon today). Sounds inexpensive to me! (Granted, the retail price was high, and I'd never pay that price, but for those who take advantage of discounts, etc., it's actually an awesome machine for that price!)

BTW, how much gaming do you do on that M1530 of yours? You can easily spend $2000 or more on a fully loaded M1530 and the graphics in that unit are nothing to brag about...it's all about what you do with it....and I don't "game".

Most people don't even know it comes with embedded Wireless USB adapter!

 

You got yours with a 20% off discount, I got my M1530 with a 25% discount, so it doesn't cost $2,000 or more. There's even a 30% off discount out right now. I got it for around 1,380 bucks that is well worth it compared to your M2010.

For one thing, its got a Penryn processor T9300 with 2.5ghz with a much higher FSB than you have, and greater battery life savings that your M2010 can't ever hope to beat.

Sure you've got a 20.1'' CCFL display, the M1530 I have has an LED display.

You really have no idea what exactly makes a graphics card good, except for the fact that its called a graphics card, saying that the "graphics in that unit are nothing to brag about" and the fact you say you do no gaming adds on to the fact what you said holds no weight whatsoever and if you even know what "benchmarking", or know anything about GPUs, you'd know that the 8600M GT is no slouch whatsoever and easily crushes your X1800 in gaming performance and supports DX10 as well as PhysX. Did you even know you had a X1800 for your GPU? Did you know the GPU is good for other things besides gaming?

Whats your starting weight for that M2010? Whats that? 12.8 pounds? Thats great for portability. My M1530 weighs less than half of that. You don't know what your talking about. I won't even talk about battery life.

I'm not saying its a bad system, but you really didn't have to bash the M1530 and look down on it compared to the M2010, when in fact the only thing that your M2010 beats my M1530 in is the extra hard drive and the large display that isn't anywhere near the quality of my LED display. M1530 also has a WUXGA 1920x1200 full HD option for CCFL display thats 50 bucks cheaper.

Just because you have no clue what an 8600 GT is doesn't mean its the worst. Do you know what an 8800M GTX is? Is it stinky because you don't know what it is? My point exactly.

 

First off, hothead, I've got more years computer experience than you are old, more than likely. My business is computers, and I know very well what a 8600GT is-- if I knew you were talking about a video card. But I've NEVER heard the term "lighter" used to describe a laptops' video card, so I was thinking you were talking about another model laptop.

Second, calm down. You know not what you speak of me or what I know or what I do. To start flaming me and accusing me of not knowing anything for no reason tells me either you're having a bad day, or your just a genuine jerk. I didn't disrespect you, at all, and for you to start name calling and belittling me is out of line...BTW, I also have two XPS 720 QUAD CORE DESKTOPS fully loaded with 8800GT cards, 64-bit Vista and lots of other goodies...I think I might know a little something about computers and performance....

Lastly, the M2010 is a niche product. Those of us that have them, love them. Those of you that seem to feel the need to tell us how much they suck without ever having owned, seen, or touched one can keep your opionions to yourself.

BTW, comparing a M1530 to a M2010 is comparing apples to oranges...for your information, the M2010 weighs 18lbs and has about a 3 hour battery life...not much shorter than the M1530 I owned...plus, like my sig says, I just sold my M1530 with T9300 and LED...I know all about your wonderful laptop...including the fact that marvelous GPU of yours is probably faulty like all other G84M based chips.

 

Just as I thought, the 8600M GT doesn't "CRUSH" the X1800 as much as was stated. Actually, it beats the 8600M GT in Memory bandwidth, shader operations, and pixel fill rates, by a good margin. So, while the 8600M GT is faster, is certainly isn't CRUSHING the X1800....



Check out this site for comparing GPU's...kinda nice...

 

The M2010 is still available in Canada for an exaggerated price of $2,449:
http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/xpsnb?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&s=dhs

 

The M2010 is very much a Niche product and when it came out in early 2006 it was pretty state of the art. In fact it is still very competitive performance wise with many of the new "all-in-one" PC's available today. The LCD maybe a CCFL design but it is based off a very nice dual lamp desktop panel and it is stunning to say the least. The speakers are also very impressive for a built in design, in fact we don't even feel the need to use external speakers as the built ins are so impressive.

 

True, and the T7600, with 4MB cache, is a pretty fast CPU for a notebook. Too bad they are still so costly! I agree that the LCD is stunning. By far, one of the best attributes of this unit.

You can put some bigger, faster hard drives in it, and 4GB RAM, and the M2010 can still hang with the big boys!

 

Just ordered an HDX from HP to try out for 21 days! We'll see how it compares to the M2010.

Using a 30% off coupon right now, and combined Fatwallet and Live.com cashback discounts, I have a HDX coming with a T9300, nvidia 8800M GTS and the beautiful 20.1" LCD for around $1250!

Not to worry, I'm definitely a Dell supporter, but that's quite a deal!

 

The HDX is much better then the 2010 and I'm sure you'll love it. But then again the 2010 is from over 2 years ago and in its day it was a powerful gaming monster. Comparatively the HDX is actually just a newer version/different brand. when compared to the 2010. Both are 20 in models, both have a lower version of a top graphics card of its day, both have alot of other power packed under the hood. If you liked the 2010 the HDX is the HP version of what you want or need.

 

Maybe...time will tell. The styling of the M2010 is distinctive, with the pop-up, slot-load optical drive, the detachable keyboard, the carry handle...those are big plusses for me which the HDX doesn't have. But the ability to use the newer CPU's and higher powered graphics is a "plus" in HP's favor.

Oh, the built-in keyboard on the HDX will be nice...no more having to toy with the KB at power-on just to get it to be recognized, and having to retype all the missed characters that got lost during BT pairing!

 

Yeah I totally forgot about the CD drive. It has been a while since I heard xps2010 . Either way they are both sweet rigs, but personally I saw the 2010 as a sff desktop more then a laptop and the HDX as a 17in on steroids.