Spill the Beans Dell Spill the Beans! Manufacturers Piling Up to Expose the World to Montevina.

The list continues on with manufacturers announcing their lineup of Montevina based laptops its only a matter of time before Dell rolls out the big guns. Companies have been releasing their lineup as the day goes on. Heres the list starting with most recently announced at top:

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July 21, 2008
Fujitsu (Amilo) - 7:44PM

July 17th, 2008
Compaq (HP) - 9:50AM
Panasonic - 12:26AM

July 16th, 2008
Maingear - 1:38PM
ASUS - 2:10AM

July 15th, 2008
OCZ - 6:04PM
Medion - 5:41PM
Fujitsu - 12:56PM
Acer - 12:21PM
Samsung - 11:08AM
Rock - 10:18AM
HP - 9:30AM
Toshiba - 1:09AM
Lenovo - 12:14AM
Sony Vaio - July 14th, 9:00PM

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July 21, 2008
Fujitsu (Amilo) - 7:44PM



July 17th, 2008
Compaq (HP) - 9:50AM


Panasonic - 12:26AM


Maingear - 1:38PM


ASUS - 2:10AM


July 15th, 2008

OCZ - 6:04PM


Medion - 5:41PM


Fujitsu - 12:56PM


Acer - 12:21PM


Samsung - 11:08AM


Rock - 10:18AM


HP - 9:30AM


Toshiba - 1:09AM


Lenovo - 12:14AM


Sony Vaio - July 14th, 9:00PM




List will be updated as the day goes on! Lets see how many it takes before Dell jumps on board!

 

Do It Dell Do It!

 

What is the model # of the hp that is pictured above.

 

The pretty much have to say something today....


Please Dell?

 

Acer joins in the fray!

 

Ok, so the largest and 3rd largest laptop manufacturers are now onboard, why is Dell being so quiet.

 

Fujitsu runs in with the others with 6 new notebooks! Dell still being tight lipped.

 

HP released DV5T (intel) and DV7T

Sony Z looks awesome! Lenovo SL and others are out too..

DELL XPS M1430? PLEASE BE OUT! Lol

 

If I didn't have my M1330 on hand, I'll definitely go w/ Sony Z as it's nice screen resolution with 64x2 GB SSD RAID feature!

 

Everyday Dell keeps it's lips sealed they lose a little bit more of their expected Dell customers who have been waiting for a long time to have this upgrade be opened to the world. The only thing they are doing by keeping it a secret is hurting themselves because there are seriously so many people waiting for Dell take that next step, and if Dell is not planning anything for this, then I will move on to another computer brand, and watch Dell crash and burn...

 

wait... what is samsung releasing? i can't tell...

 

Samsung is releasing Aura and Eclipse models. The R510 Aura, the Eclipse R710 and the Q210 models, but they ought to be out pretty soon.

 

I bet the new dell xps m1530 (along with Centrino 2) has a backlit keyboard... If it ever comes out

 

i would agree with that, seeing that studio line has that and xps is supposed to be better than that....

 

Watch the XPS be loaded with a blue-led backlit slot-drive. lol

 

Asus is already out too. They look the same though, they just updated the parts.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/dells-latitude-xt-tablet-goes-multi-touch-with-a-free-upgrade/

"The Latitude XT software and new SSD drives will be available tomorrow, and Dell promises a brand new Latitude laptop line "in the coming weeks," which we're sure will be taking advantage of Intel's new Centrino 2 chips."

Be patient, only a couple more weeks

 

can't wait that long

 

Dell should at least give an indication now of what they will release so they don't lose customers in the meantime.

Actually none of those laptops are that appealing with the exception of the Sony Z's. The current xps laptops are nicer in the style stakes.

 

Medion and OCZ pile up on top of the others. No sign of Dell yet!

 

I can't believe Dell is just going to let all these manufacturers show them up.

 

Montevina is only half released, all those "montevina based" laptop release can't be tagged as centrino (at least for now). So, currently, many lappies released today are only available at pre-order. Mid-August is the true release date of centrino 2 and in fact, I think that even HP is keeping a lot of models in the dark. So, it's possible that dell can't release nothing, because their models relies on unreleased montevina technologies.

On the other hand, maybe dell wants to play it à la Apple? Who knows.

 

Should I order my M1530 now? I don't really care for any of the stuff that the Montevina has and the EPP deal is good enough already...

 

You already answered your own question.

 

Bingo!

 

The 1530 has some good deals right now and I was thinking of getting one now because of that, but I really want to know what gpu dell will be using in th refresh and how much better it will perform compared to the 8600gt, plus I don't know if I want to risk buying a laptop with a 8600 in it after the whole nvidia defective gpu ordeal. I wish they would make an announcement already, the new toshibas are really starting to look nice now, if only dell would make an announcement that the xps 1530 will be fitted with a 9700 GTS like the toshibas, that might make it easier for me to wait.

 

"I really want to know what gpu dell will be using in th refresh and how much better it will perform compared to the 8600gt"
Even with a 9600m gt, performance increase will be soso (and 9500m gs is almost a 8600m gt rebranded).

"that the xps 1530 will be fitted with a 9700 GTS like the toshibas, that might make it easier for me to wait."
Forget about it.
1: dell doesn't want xps to compete will alienware
2: a 9700 GTS drain too much power and is too hot for normal laptops.

 

From the looks of the latest coupons, the 17th may be the magic date.

 

I hope dell includes an option on the xps m1530 for a 128gb ssd with the refresh...

 

Yeah, the 128 SSD upgrade has been promised for the XPS line when they first unveiled it for the Latitude. They are getting into the usable range for me.

 

Maybe they'll announce it tomorrow (saving the best for last). Like sefk said, mid-August is the shipping date for the Sony models and probably the others as well. Of course an announcement would be a good idea and they should do it this week.

Personally, I'm hoping for a XPS M1640 model (16.4"/16:9) which according to Sony with their FW model combines the viewing experience of a 17" with the notebook footprint of a 15.4" (something like that) with a 512MB 9600M GT or 9700M GT video card, as well as blu-ray. I also need a 13" notebook, but I may get a Sony Z instead of a M1340/50.

Anyway like the tread title says: Spill the Beans Dell !!!

 

spill!!! spill!!! spill!!!

yay!!!!!

 

LoL I created a nice new siggy just for this because it is really starting to make me mad

 

Haha nice. I think Dell let us down today.

 

Hahaha nice sig.

 

Yea that have really let us down today, but they can still make a nice recovery if they release some XPS update REAL soon ...hopefully they see my siggy and decide to release it soon...

 

For me, Dell have to have a great update or I am getting a Sony FW or BZ.

 

I'm hoping that the lack of announcements means that Dell is biding its time, waiting for the Centrino 2 madness to calm down a bit. If they had launched their new line today, it would've been buried underneath the avalanche of laptop announcements from everyone and their grandma. Maybe, just maybe, we'll get something in a day or two. In any case, it better be worth the wait!

 

you bring up a good point Electrictool...and your right, Dell better make it good or else I am going to flip....

 

Doooooouuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttttttttttttt delll

 

I wonder if they really are going to wait for the end of their fiscal year... (Dec.)

 

Pretty sure if they did decide to do that they would lose out on so much business. It's either they do it soon or they are going to regret it...

 

hopefully dell will announce something after their sale ends on july 18

 

cmon dell geez

 

Actually some of you are wrong, multiple manufacturers are already shipping their models and such. Although it says shipping mid august, a pre configured FW says it can be shipped immediately, and is in stock. Toshiba has them in stock also. HP's custom built ones have a build date of 7/28. Circuitcity.com is already carrying the dv5-1000us or something like that, and they are available and online and probably in stores.

So Centrino 2 is out, I believe. However I'm like all of you, I want to see the new Dell lineup and hopefully a studio with 9500M GS or something sufficient for gaming.

 

sounds like a viable marketing technique; I wouldn't be surprised if that what Dell is doing. In all honesty, look at the hype that's being created for a new Dell lineup! It's almost like they are being 'fashionably late'....

 

mmm can some1 go sneak into the Dell office and get the info of the new xps line plz?

btw that HP laptop looks very nice.

 

Asus got a couple of pre-configured models too, a 13.3" one and a 15.4" should be available on the 29th.

 

is asus good tho? Also can any1 tell me the type of the HP notebook on the first post?

 

I think it's 6530s, http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/laptops/hp-compaq-6530s/