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G2 has been around since Sep 2013. With Skylake here now and the new chipset that can do PCIe 3.0, it would be a nice upgrade. Has anyone heard anything about a G3?
Curious to see if they drop the optical drive too like everyone else and shave off the weight/thickness.
Probably some announcement soon, they refreshed the ProBook to G3 recently so I figure it's a tight-lipped kind of deal. Doubt they'll sit around giving away sales to Lenovo or Dell.
I hope they keep the Dreamcolor option in the 17" or some other wide gamut 30-bit display at least as good (without the tints in the lower corners) but increase the resolution to 4K.
I have been looking for news on these too; nothing has been announced or rumored. Given Lenovo and Dell are launching their mobile workstations later in Q4 (Dec), that's when I'm expecting to see an announcement.
Good find. Some interesting configuration options. I wonder if the "studio" model showing up in other searches will replace the "ultrabook" models or if that's something else entirely.
Intel® Xeon® E3-1575M v5 with Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics P580 (Available 1H16)
Intel® Xeon® E3-1535M v5 with Intel® HD graphics P530 (2.90 GHz, up to 3.80 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 2133 MHz, 8 MB L3 Cache, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i7-6820HQ with Intel® HD graphics 530 (2.70 GHz, up to 3.60 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 2133 MHz, 8 MB L3 Cache, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ with Intel® HD graphics 530 (2.60 GHz, up to 3.50 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 2133 MHz, 6 MB L3 Cache, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i5-6440HQ with Intel® HD graphics 530 (2.60 GHz, up to 3.50 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 2133 MHz, 6 MB L3 Cache, 4 cores)
Maximum memory
64 GB DDR4-2133 ECC SDRAM or 64 GB DDR4-2133 Non-ECC SDRAM
(Transfer rates up to 2133 MT/s. Non-ECC memory only available with Intel® Core™ procesors. ECC memory only available with Intel® Xeon® processors. )
Memory slots
4 SODIMM
17.3" diagonal HD+ SVA anti-glare LED-backlit (1600 x 900)
17.3" diagonal FHD UWVA IPS anti-glare LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
17.3" diagonal FHD Touch UWVA IPS LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
17.3" diagonal UHD DreamColor UWVA IPS anti-glare + PSR LED-backlit (3840 X 2160)
Dimensions (W x D x H)
420 x 280 x 30 mm
Intel® Xeon® E3-1545M v5 with Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics P580 (Available in 1H16)
Intel® Xeon® E3-1505M v5 with Intel HD graphics P530 (2.80 GHz, up to 3.70 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 8 MB cache, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i7-6820HQ with Intel HD graphics 530 (2.70 GHz, up to 3.60 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 8 MB cache, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ with Intel HD graphics 530 (2.60 GHz, up to 3.50 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i5-6440HQ with Intel HD graphics 530 (2.60 GHz, up to 3.50 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB cache, 4 cores) 3
Maximum memory
64 GB DDR4-2133 ECC SDRAM or 64 GB DDR4-2133 non-ECC SDRAM
(Transfer rates up to 2133 MT/s. Non-ECC memory only available with Intel® Core™ procesors. ECC memory only available with Intel® Xeon® processors. )
Memory slots
4 SODIMM
15.6" diagonal FHD SVA anti-glare LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
15.6" diagonal FHD UWVA IPS anti-glare LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
15.6" diagonal FHD Touch UWVA IPS LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
15.6" diagonal UHD DreamColor UWVA IPS anti-glare + PSR LED-backlit (3840 X 2160)
Dimensions (W x D x H)
386 x 264 x 26 mm
Intel® Xeon® E3-1545M v5 with Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics P580 (Available in 1H16)
Intel® Xeon® E3-1505M v5 with Intel HD graphics P530 (2.80 GHz, up to 3.70 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 8 MB L3 cache, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i7-6820HQ with Intel HD graphics 530 (2.70 GHz, up to 3.60 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 8 MB L3 cache, 4 cores)
Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ with Intel HD graphics 530 (2.60 GHz, up to 3.50 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB L3 cache, 4 cores)
Maximum memory
32 GB DDR4-2133 ECC or non-ECC SDRAM
(Transfer rates up to 2133 MT/s. Non-ECC memory only available with Intel® Core™ procesors. ECC memory only available with Intel® Xeon® processors. )
Memory slots
2 SODIMM
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-6600U with Intel HD Graphics 520 (2.6 GHz, up to 3.4 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost technology, 4 MB cache, 2 cores)
Intel® Core™ i7-6500U with Intel HD Graphics 520 (2.5 GHz, up to 3.1 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost technology, 4 MB cache, 2 cores)
Intel® Core™ i5-6300U with Intel HD Graphics 520 (2.4 GHz, up to 3.0 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost technology, 3 MB cache, 2 cores)
Intel® Core™ i5-6200U with Intel HD Graphics 520 (2.3 GHz, up to 2.8 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost technology, 3 MB cache, 2 cores) 3
Maximum memory
32 GB DDR4-2133 ECC or non-ECC SDRAM
(Transfer rates up to 2133 MT/s. Non-ECC memory only available with Intel® Core™ procesors. ECC memory only available with Intel® Xeon® processors. )
Memory slots
2 SODIMM
Display
15.6" diagonal FHD SVA anti-glare LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
15.6" diagonal FHD UWVA IPS anti-glare LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
15.6" diagonal UHD UWVA IPS anti-glare LED-backlit (3840 x 2160)
15.6" diagonal FHD Touch SVA LED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
Graphics
Integrated:
Intel® HD graphics 520
Discrete:
AMD FirePro™ W4190M (2 GB dedicated GDDR5) 9
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