Montevina (Centrino 2) will be released this Monday

In fact, the Centrino 2 notebooks running Intel’s own integrated graphics will not be available on Monday. Only Centrino 2 systems running discrete graphics from NVIDIA or ATI will be available on Monday.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12331

So does this mean dell studios and xps laptops will be getting centrino 2 on monday, or do we still have to wait a while before centrino 2 is put in?

thanks for your answers

 

It is normally a week or so before they are updated, and a month or so before anybody gets one hands on.

 

i see, i just don't know what to do i just ordered a studio. I dont know whether to wait or not.

 

i think that people shouldnt have jumped on the studio bandwagon so quickly... montevina is due to be out soon, and if you read the docs on the studio, it already shows you that dell designed the studio laptops to use the new platform (i remember seeing that it will use the GM45 chipset)

 

whats the advantages of centrino 2 is it really worth the wait. I just dont know what to do. Heres what i ordered

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8100 (2.1GHz/800Mhz FSB/3MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition SP1 SYSTEM COLOUR Graphite Grey with Black U-Trim
LCD Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
HARD DRIVE 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X Slot Load CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini-Card
BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (2.0)
BATTERY OPTIONS 56 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0

i got it for 1191 dollars, with the 20 percent coupon. Any advice

 

That look's pretty good. What are you planning to use it for? If your going to play a lot of games, then I would wait, but if not, then this should provide enough proformance to get what you need done.

 

no im not planning on using this laptop for games, the graphic card came included in the price. Im mostly using it for school, im just wondering if i should of waited for the new platform. I don want to regret it after

 

It's looking like Sony will be releasing their new laptops Monday.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10551

 

If your purchase is basically for school then you have more than enough power for the next several years.

When Santa Rosa was announced it really wasn't the giant leap from the previous platform that the experts made it out to be. I was in your situation because Santa Rosa was announced and was on schedule to be released about a month after I placed my order for a T60. I'm glad I didn't wait because the T60 is more than enough for what I need.

The Studio 15 looks to be a really nice computer. You never know with technology. Montevina could be a let down like Santa Rosa or it could blow everyone away. I've been around technology enough to know that it will probably be somewhere in between a letdown and living up to the hype. And you know what? Within 6-8 months of Montevina you read of the latest, "gee I gotta have that new platform by Intel". Rinse and repeat.

My advice, if you don't need your laptop and you can wait another month then it will probably help you against buyers remorse. But keep in mind that you will probably pay more for the new stuff and will have to wait in line when everyone else is buying the latest can't miss gadget.

 

will the montevina laptops be cheaper? or will they be more expensive?

 

I don't see Dell increasing their products price. If they do something they will keep the price and drop something in the standard build.
Edit: What's the 20% coupon for the Studio?

 

Not really more expensive, but they wont have any rebate.

Montevina wont blow anything away.

 

With new tech there's usually if not always an increase albeit slight. Take for example the Vostro 1500 vs Vostro 1510. There was a decent gap and not just a slight one between the two.

The biggest problem with new models be it a new platform or model is availability. If the OP wants or needs his laptop very soon then i'm afraid he's going to have to wait a while as supplies will be limited until Dell ramps up production. But you never know the OP could get lucky.

 

I am planning on getting a Dell XPS M1530 for school, but will be playing games and using it for media applications. Should I wait for the new Centrino 2 (Montevina) or go ahead and buy one today? I need it by the time I go to college.

 

Id buy it now or you may not get it by then

 

the dell website is kinda updated today, it says "NEW M1530" instead of M1530 (though its the same m1530), and M1330 remains as "M1330"....so i guess the only upgrade would be new penyrn processors