When will Montevina be released and how much?

When will Montevina be configurable in mainstream notebook computers (Dell XPS m1530/1330, HP dv6700/2700)? Will it cost more than how much the santa rosa with penryn cost right now? How much better is it than the current santa rosa with penryn chipset?

 

It is planned for release in June and will be widely available by August

If past experience is any indicator, there will likely be a modest premium when Monevina comes out--I'd guess between $100 and $200, but that may actually mean it will cost exactly what it costs now, as older Santa Rosa models will probably fall by about the same by that time

Motevina promisses a boost in FSB (from 800 to 1066), a slight improvement in multimedia improvement when Intel adds additional SSE instructions, a modest increase in integrated video performance if you go that route, support for faster DDR3 ram (800 and 1066), better NAND flash memory performance, gigabit Ethernet, as well as "DisplayPort" -- an external connector attached to the motherboard.

Better? We're talking in the neighborhood of probably 5-10 percent performance for similarly clocked CPUs, but also improved battery life as the wattage requirements shrink from 24watts to 29watts

 

but at least much better buy than the current Penryn , which does even not have any dedicated new platform and will be out dated very soon.

the ddr3 support of montevina is a big advantage over the current Santarosa Penryn.

as for battery life , I doubt it since on paper the Penryns are better than meroms , but in real life that is not the case , if I 'd known it would not increase BL much I would never spent 100 US more to get a Penryn laptop (I went a shop for the T7500 but was sold out and got overpriced T8300).

So I am waiting Montevina , but won't but it in Summer , buy it in Fall or Winter.

 

The T8300 is better than a T7500, so you can't complain about that. In real life Penryn has an advantage, so will Montevina.