Which Sandy bridge laptop are you looking forward to?

Seeing as release is in 3 days (1/5/11..I believe)...I am just wondering which specific models/brands people are waiting to get their hands on? I was about to buy a laptop about 2 months ago..but decided to wait for this technology...now I want to get my hands on a Sandy bridge laptop soon...but not sure what I should be looking at...which model or brand I should focus on...anyone got inputs on what will be released this month..or have a personal model/brand favorite? It's probably still a "wait and see"...

 

Any of them. Ready for them to come out so I can pick one up.

 

I'm interested in the M17X-R3, unless it turns out to be 16:9. So I'm really just interested in any 1920x1200 high-performance laptop.

 

MSI GT/GX780 - Been looking forward to it since last June when it was the GT760. I'm hoping for another company to enter the dual-GPU notebook market.

 

I will agree with you but it would be nice if some companies would release some 15-16' inch notebooks with a 1900x1200 screen instead of the usual 17-18.4' screens.

My last machine had a 17' inch screen and it was a PITA to carry around.

 

O that's the alienware...that's going to cost a pretty penny...lol

 

im looking forward to the 15.6' sb offering from sager.

 

I'm hoping for a decent Clevo model, probably Sager. I'm just a little disappointed that the first run models will only include GTX 460m or HD 5870. Both great cards, but I would like a newer model, maybe a little more performance but consume a little less power.

 

doesnt that new clevo/sager from that italian site have the 460 and 470 as options?
im good with the 470m but would rather have some newer (and cheaper) card instead.

 

I will buy anything not pricey.
Will be great if it comes without windows (for price reduction) does anyone know of a company that could sell without pre-installed OS?
Also will be great if it has place for 2 HDDs

I can't wait for thissssssss!

 

I agree. My current laptop has a 15.4" 1920x1200 screen, but it seems this resolution for <17" laptops is a thing of the past.

 

None. I'm pretty confident that my i7-720QM can tide me over till Ivy Bridge.

 

None here.

 

Lenovo X202/X210/X220 or whatever it is rumored to be called.

 

M15x R2.

 

Looking foward to Dell Business models...no...NOO 16:9 screens.

 

Which means you'll probably be out of luck. Hopefully not, but trends are against us.

 

Yeah I know lol. E6420 are projected to move to 16:9 screens...boo.

 

Whichever appealing 15" laptop that packs a i7-2630/2720qm and a GPU >= to a 6570M.

 

Asus G73 with something higher than the GTX460 or 5870M

I am quite happy with the 5870M but since I already have that I would need an upgrade.

All the new G73 come with dual 500GB Hybrid HDD,s 8GB Ram, Blueray, I mean they are stacked, super slim units that run cool and quiet and have a price that beats any competing brand with a similar setup and still offers the best warranty.

The only flaw is that EVERY G73 right now comes with that GTX460M and thats just a big letdown for me.

 

what ever will be in the 2750p will be what i most likely get. i can't get away from the form factor + tablet usability.

 

A sub-15" laptop with a quad-core CPU, a decent GPU and a high-resolution screen.

I'm hoping for an Alienware M14x or a revised HP Envy 14, but we'll have to wait and see what happens at CES.

 

Yeah I am looking for a sub 15" inch lquad core sandy bridge laptop with a good graphics card like most of you as well...but hoping to stay around $1000...hope that's possible. =/

 

To be honest if you have a current gen CPU (Clarksfield?) and GPU (i.e. HD 58XX or GTX 46X/47X/48X) I don't see why you'd want to update to Sandy Bridge unless you absolutely need a quad core with switchable graphics. By the time there is a decent GPU refresh, it will probably be mid 2011, and then might as well wait for Ivy Bridge.

I'm not sure why so many GPU's are opting for the nVidia GPU over the AMD though.

 

The new ULV i7 is really powerful, and at 25w. That's the one im looking for, im hoping theres a 13" notebook with it (preferably Sony, I think it may be included in the Y series refersh)

 

i'd love to see a creative laptop being ULV i7 based, but say 15" or even 17". the laptop would be very thin, and only be filled with batteries. it would last for ever

 

I'd like a Latitude E4320 to try out against my E4300

 

I'd guess Optimus.

 

I not sure if Im getting a laptop or tablet , but I need one soon, I'm borrowing my family's computers

I'd like a laptop with a $200 dollarish ssd on sata 6GBs, 6-8gb ram, an absolutely first rate gpu, spdif out, hdmi 1.4 out, dp /dvi-d out, usb 3, and a nice matte led smaller than 16" ( if it could be so small that it doesnt have a disc drive I'd be fine making use of my desktop screen and the 1600x900 12" led ) -- all for less than $1200 -- not sure if I can do that this year, so I might be getting a tablet.

the only reason really to get the laptop over the tablet for me is that the laptop lets me game and do light scripting. if I can't do the gaming I'm better off buying a tablet.

 

Hear, Hear, I'll second that one. The E4310 was a disappointment of a round 2 product. I love my E4300, and I picked it up as a refurb at that. Its not yet long in the tooth for most of what I do, but every now and then I wonder how much lighter I might be able to go, with even less power for the same performance.

 

I prefer Asus but will buy Alienware or Sager if Asus dont put their in to gear and update their GPUs. GTX 460 is so 2010

 

SATA 3 and a 2x jump in GPU performance won't suck!

 

anyone know when the year's gpu offerings are coming (CES) ?

 

I guess they'll be unveiled at CES. Nvidia will proudly present the lousy 5xxM as the new revolution in mobile chips, which should almost exclusively consist of 4xxM cards rebranded with a few more mhz (maybe now using Gddr5, one can always dream). AMD should present a mix of old rebranded chips (some of which use GDDR5 now, which is always an improvement) and some new ones under the 6000M nomenclature.

 

Are we expecting any 13"-14" units to have the quad core CPUs as "mainstream availability", or will they primarily be dual cores w/ expensive quad core upgrades?

I'm really liking the battery life reported for these quad core units.

 

Nothing for next 4 years.. Can't imagine what it will be than in 2014!

Panther214

 

I'm going to hold out for an affordable ($1200ish) Asus G73-style offering. Alienwares are much too expensive for my budget.

 

I'm interested in the new Alienware M17x R3 and what it will post as far as benchmarks. But I'm not going to be getting it, maybe the R4, but the system I have now (see sig for details) is more then enough a beast for pretty much anyone. I've spent too mucha nd too long upgrading it. My next upgrades will be a Nuforce uDAC-2 for better sound output, as well as a USB 3.0 card that should match up well with my current setup since it sits flush in the slot, and doesn't have any ugly buly thing stick out.

It will be interesting to see a maxed out M17x R3 benchmarks though. I'd like to bench that. Though if the new SB CPUs are TDP locked, then that will be a big downer. Guess we'll have to wait and see...

 

Slim? And cool?

 

I'm in the market for 15 inch entertainment notebooks

 

I'm not sure that will even happen with Ivy Bridge. If I'm not mistaken, all quad cores are higher TDP than the dual cores.
Maybe with Sony X/Y serii.

 

Yes. When the AnandTech people were asked in the comments to their Sandy Bridge review when they'll have info on SB laptops with the new Nvidia lineup, they said to check back on Jan 6. AMD is also going to have the 6000 series in the SB machines (we've already seen one). So everything is coming at CES.

You can easily stuff any quad-core Sandy Bridge except maybe the extreme edition into a 13" laptop and still maintain an acceptable battery life. The problem is that the quad-core needs proper cooling and this is not easy to do in a 13" laptop. They'll definitely be in 15-inchers, possibly in 14", but it will take some doing to go to a smaller form factor than that.

 

Looking at reviews there are good , surprising , disappointing news.

Good news: performance, battery life, fast video transcoding - still unclear if applies to all codecs, for the bad see below bottleneck.
Disappointments: GPU still can't beat even an HD4250 since it is full of errors.
Fast video transcoding does not appear compatible with a discrete card. It is necessary this is fixed.

 

This and good battery life and play SC2

 

there are plenty of 14" notebooks already with quad cores..13" is where it gets difficult

 

If anyone can do it, Sony can. And it will also cost a fortune.

 

You must be reading the wrong reviews. The ones I've seen put the graphics in league with the GeForce 320M (IGP) and and HD 5470. Where did you get your info? That bogus article about SB being the biggest disappointment of the year because Linux drivers weren't available on day one? lol. Semi-Accurate has really earned it's name.

Here's a real article: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4084/intels-sandy-bridge-upheaval-in-the-mobile-landscape

 

Note the enormous list of problems in that page and Anandtech just plays them down.

 

God... I'm really confused now.

 

Seeing the new i7 2820QM spanking the previous gen i7 920XM and even the desktop 920 really got me all fired up.
Now my only concern is how much performance advantage does the 2820QM hold over the 2720QM, and whether the price gap is justifiable.
Otherwise, 2820QM is in my sights.
I don't have any specific laptop model in mind, but I definitely want my ExpressCard, ESATA, USB 3.0, and 1394. I have a ViDock, so the integrated graphics doesn't make much difference. The screen is less of a concern, running full hd resolution on a 15.6 glossy screen would probably just create eyesore for me.