oh when oh when will Alviso be out?!

Was wondering around with time frame will Alviso chipset start rolling out? Also, will this change the whole Fujitsu laptop look?..new design?? And how much would you think it will cost for the Alviso, and the price decrease from the Dothan S6XXXX series..? I debating to purchase the S6231 now or wait for the Alviso, I'm not in a rush to get a laptop, but the sooner the better! [ ] What are the major changes (in easist terms - what does it do?) Thanks a bunch!

 

This has been discussed in other topics, FYI.

We're thinking March for the new S. As with most companies there will not be a redesign of the unit itself. This update doesn't require a case change. As for cost, unknown, but a spike of $150-$300 is probably reasonable.

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Seems like the Alviso will also equip with Bluetooth capabilities?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02/19/intel_to_combine_wifi_bluetooth/

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Seems like the Alviso will also equip with Bluetooth capabilities?<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'></font id='quote'></blockquote id='quote'>That is interesting. And in '06 we're supposed to have microsoft longhorn OS? And isn't AMD going to present a viable alternative to the centrino?

-David

 

That is an old article...I don't think Bluetooth is part of the setup, but it sure would be nice to have.

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Alviso to make Fujitsu S series in March...is just too long.. sigh. tempted to buy now, but love the new Sonoma. Will those prices in the artical about the Sonomo today be added on top of the configuration? Will there be a starting base $1499 price with that chip?...

 

Too early to tell on pricing, but if you look at the few that are available now, prices are not jumping much at all. Look at the Toshiba M35 and M45 for reference.

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jr, will you reply to the thread you quoted please? This isn't really on topic here.

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<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>March...is just too long.. sigh.<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'></font id='quote'></blockquote id='quote'>The 91% graphics improvement sounds good, but not the 5% overall gain. If it were released march 1st, one could argue that january is almost over, thus the wait would be little more than a month. On the other hand, if it's released at the end of march, then that's over two months away. If the current graphics were severely crippled, one could argue that waiting for 91% increase would be worth it, but if the end use of the laptop is surfing and word processing (not gaming), why bother waiting?

-David

 

any new info about the Alviso? change of date, perhaps, on the S6XXX series? can.not.wait.any.longer [ ]

 

Reviews of recently released alviso laptops aren't all that complimentary of the speed increase, but that doesn't dampen the dogged determination to wait for bleeding edge gear.

-David

 

While we're waiting for sonoma/alviso, any chance we will also be able to par-take of a bigger version of the 7k60 in March or what is the time frame for the successor to the 7k60 as the fastest notebook drive.

-David

 

Faster? No, but larger 7200 RPM drives should be coming this year.

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