Penryn on Dell XPS coming VERY soon!?!

just found this today....they offer the penryn CPUs only on this special "product red" version which means the m1530 (along with all the other dells) should get the penryn soon...lets hope soo

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&kc=&oc=DYCWHR1

 

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Already been posted. But it's a promising sign. Now just waiting for the 8800's to come.

 

Yes - I'm guessing the 24th/25th when the special offers come to an end.... now let's just hope the WXGA+ LED screen makes an appearance on the m1530 at the same time and Dell can have my money.

 

do you think cpu whine will be fixed in those new penryns?

 

Good sign - and they're offering both Merom and Penryn on that notebook, a good sign for upgradability.

What's your configuration right now? It went away for me as soon as I switched from Vista to XP...not sure exactly why but it certainly made sticking with XP an easier choice.

 

I'm still waiting to buy the M1530 because I know the Backlit LED screens are just around the corner I hope they come out on the 24th but I can wait till Febuary

 

I would like to hear this whine everyone keeps talking about. Is it a frequency thing that happens with only certain ones or what? My processor doesn't do this. Is it just happening in random processors?

 

Hmm, would it be worth a tradeoff with the 619$ coupon? =P
I'm guessing they'll release it after it expires...

 

My dad works at intel so I get stuff for cheap = )

I just relized the penryn is only $41 dollars more! not bad

Plus the T9500 and T9300 have a 6MB cache

 

cpu whine is like a lottery, you have to pray before buying a new dell.
there are some lucky people who don't have this issue

 

It occurs on some Merom processors (there's no general pattern to it) when they enter the C4 sleep state (a low-power state that has nothing to do with the computer actually being in Sleep mode or off). From what I've read it's happened in the past with non-Merom processors as well, but it seems to be a comparitively large problem with Merom.

It is not a problem exclusive to Dells. It can occur on any Merom-based notebook, and has appeared on laptops from other manufacturers such as Apple as well.

Hopefully Penryn will solve this rather vexing issue. I haven't heard of any Penryn CPU whine issues yet. But it's still early.

 

what about the people who just recently bought their notebook with this whiny santa rosa chip? Are we the unfortunate groups?

 

They're not putting an x800 of either ATI or nVidia in their 15" notebook. Ever. It's too large and too hot.

 

It was a question about ANY Dell notebook.

 

The one I have doesn't the whine, and I've done all the things suggested to be able to tell.

 

Besides the whine, is the Penryn that big of an upgrade? I know they have a nother one coming down the road soon as well.
When do you actually get the notebook before a new processor
comes out?
Just looking for people's advice.

 

Unless you get the 6MB cache not a big upgrade

 

Maybe orders that were placed in the last couple of days will be automatically upgraded to Penryn, isn't it supposed to be released this week?

 

Ya good luck with that Dell isn't going to give people free MORE EXPENSIVE processors.

 

ya....especially when they likely have TONS of the older processors lying around that they want to get rid of...

 

They did in the past, I remember there were those who purchased the XPS desktop system with the Pentium D processors that were upgraded to Core Duo processors at no extra cost.

 

The Clocks go higher in this version - and the baseline clocks are higher too...and there are new multimedia instructions...so if you're encoding video it's good...Also, the new K-insulator (or whatever it's called) is better at blocking power leakage, and the new die is 45nm, so the new thermal wattage rating is 25 watts for medium voltage processors...and the idle power consumption is lower too. - If you're getting a new laptop I would get a penryn.

 

The penryn won't be a big increase in performance for the M1530 because it can't support the higher clocks they will down clock to 800Mhz.

The advanteges are bigger Cache and lower power consumption

 

Yep.. the lower power consumption might also have a solution for CPU whine... I hope... waiting for it..

 

COME ON PENRYN! - Fix The CPU whine which haunted me!

 

I'm more psyched about LED screens for the M1530 rather than penryn

 

I just purchased the 1330 yesterday(19th) and I just found out about the penryn processors coming out soon on dells, how is the cancellation process with Dell, my shipping date is on Jan 29th, I was thinking about waiting until the 25th or 26th to see if the penryn processors come out and try calling them and ask if I can exchange it.

 

If you're going to cancel, do it before your unit gets to the final stages of production. They will be less likely to be able to do it once the unit is about to ship. Your unit will more than likely ship before your ESD so if you're unsure, cancel now.
Once your unit has shipped and you receive it, you cannot simply exchange it. You will need to call and get a return authorization to return it and place a completely new order.