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    NEW DELL MODEL - coming out tomorrow

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Zagarinsky, Aug 11, 2008.

  1. Zagarinsky

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  2. zinite

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    Dell E Series :)
     
    zinite, Aug 11, 2008
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  3. *Daystar*

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    are they advertised on the website yet
     
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  4. sonoritygenius

    sonoritygenius Goddess of Laptops

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    ooo :D Mini Inspirons !!!!
     
    sonoritygenius, Aug 11, 2008
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  5. ImprezaSTi

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    I want a new XPS, not Inspiron :mad:
     
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    Cool. Minis but I am waiting for the XPS :(
     
    atbnet, Aug 11, 2008
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  7. *Daystar*

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    isn't that the latitude's...i though the op was talking about inspirons
     
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    It seems that they are clumping the Dell E with the Latitude E series. Sort of like a companion device.
     
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  9. zinite

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    personally, i hope to god ur wrong about dell ONLY releasing 1 laptop. im reallllllly hoping that dell's gonna let slip the xps's too
     
    krazyfalcon, Aug 11, 2008
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  12. atbnet

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    The Dell Chat CSRs are still playing dumb in regards to any new models. I am hoping for the XPS too.
     
    atbnet, Aug 11, 2008
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  13. Cin'

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    Did someone say my Mini I was coming out!!!! ;) :)

    Atbnet ~ SOON and we order! WoOT!

    It's gotta be tomorrow with all this *media ruckus* all over the place today!

    :yes: :yes: :laugh:
     
    Cin', Aug 11, 2008
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    Tomorrow is in 29 minutes, but I wont hold my breath to see if Dell updates their website =)



    Or will I? ::snickers::
     
    sonoritygenius, Aug 11, 2008
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  15. ElectricTool

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    I don't think Dell will update their site at midnight - it will steal the thunder from their press conference tomorrow which begins at 9am PST. Hey, maybe they'll take down the store at 9am PST and put up a post-it note saying it'll be back soon. And then, once it's done, the store will reopen and the new computers will magically show up!
     
    ElectricTool, Aug 11, 2008
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  16. atbnet

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    Wait a second, is Dell now Apple? :D
     
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  17. sonoritygenius

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    @ElectricTool: shh! happy thoughts...!

    I am dying for a freakin XPS Centrino 2!!!!
     
    sonoritygenius, Aug 11, 2008
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  18. ElectricTool

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    Judging by the hysteria on NBR, it would appear so. :D
     
    ElectricTool, Aug 11, 2008
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  19. Cin'

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    LOL on both...don't think so...but merged names perhaps? DellApple.

    :eek: that was bad bad bad.....LMAO.

    Im am glad everyone is keeping up with the *latest and greatest* for the release!!!! ;) :)

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Aug 12, 2008
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  20. nattefrost

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    another lame release..the only thing that will save dell would be xps refresh
     
    nattefrost, Aug 12, 2008
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    Who cares about the E series? They should do the nVidia way: first release the monsters to attract the attention and then release the mid range.
     
    Swatie, Aug 12, 2008
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    What are you talking about? DELL doesn't need saving.
     
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    Maybe they're saving the best for last ? :eek:
     
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    I feel your pain dude
     
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    apparently michael dell is gonna make an announcement from new delhi on the 13th. rumours suggest it might be the mini inspiron notebooks.
     
    vb86, Aug 12, 2008
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    Maybe we should give up on ever seeing new XPSes again. :(
     
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    i think if dell dont show their new xps line today, they will probably upgrade the current m1530/m1330 if they can?
     
    owais, Aug 12, 2008
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    That would be fine with me. The current M1530 is just fine, I just want a different card at this point.
     
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    If they throw on a different card and a backlit keyboard, it would be perfect. I wish the price could be at most $1,450, but... thats obviously not going to be the case.
     
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    I didn't know the secodn ranked laptop manufacturer in the world needed saving from anything but having a vault too small to hold the amount of money they rake in every day...
     
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    lol exactly Dell will hold out the release as much as they can cause the INFLUX of college kids' demand is so high they dont care if its Centrino 1, 2 or 3 they just WANT one Dell = Profit!
     
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    I think that is what Dell is doing. Dell has always sold more to its business customers than consumer. If nVidia sold a disproportionate number of Quadro cards rather than GeForce, you bet they would be launching new Quadro cards first.
     
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    Yeah, just bump the chipset and throw in a better GPU, and we're done.

    Or bump the chipset, GPU, and throw in an LED backlight on the XPS 1730. Pretty please? :(

    Guess we find out in a bit over an hour...but IMO the people who buy Latitude's don't really care about technology. They may want some buzzword, but you could throw them a Pentium 4 based Celeron and they wouldn't actually know the difference.
     
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    no xps today :(. so, which is a better buy, asus m50vm-x1, macbook pro, or studio 15?
     
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    I think the XPS 1530 would be a closer fit with those. The Studio 15's GPU is less than half as powerful as the other three.

    Personally I won't consider that Asus because it uses CCFL lighting. Otherwise the three systems seem fairly comparable, other than that Asus having the new chipset.
     
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    well, im just a little scared that the GPU is gonna fail. (+ i dont wanna have to send it back to dell over and over again so they can replace the GPU w/ anothe faulty GPU) and i need the laptop to last over 3 years. im not replacing the laptop after a year or so
     
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    Personally I'm not really woried about that as I haven't heard any first hand accounts on Dell's forums (and some of those guys are Folding 24/7 on 1530s :D ) but I can understand why you'd be hesitant. Notebooks are really unreliable anyway (22% industry average failure rate per year if I'm remembering right) so I'm planning on getting a 3 or 4 year warranty regardless.
     
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    Looks like I, or rather the sales rep, was wrong.
     
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    There is still a possibility of a release tomorrow.
     
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    I specified an Inspiron. So I guess I was only half wrong then :D
     
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    Some new tech lcd on M4400 spec:

    15.4" WUXGA TrueLife RGB LED display (1920x1200) resolution (Coming soon.)
    15.4" WUXGA AG day light viewing (1920x1200) (Coming soon.)
     
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    Oh my! Oh my! That's like the perfect screen! LED WUXGA!
     
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    Well, it is good to see 1920x1200 LED screens now. Maybe these will trickle down to the XPS notebooks.
     
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    why's that?
     
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    Eh, I'm not expecting anything this week. Probably not this month :(

    That mini Inspiron didn't even get released? At least that would have been INTERESTING. The Latitude's are just a bizarre thing to emphasize I think. People buying those don't care about technology or anything, just buzz words. Meanwhile the people who actually want new technology are still sitting here (or considering alternatives...)
     
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    Michael Dell is in India and is supposedly going to intro notebooks.
     
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    just wondering....but is it only to me that it seems that dell is releasing lappys with the quadro card, and holding back on the ones with the "possibly problematic" nVidia series?
     
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