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    Any new models leaked?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by kabs, Aug 4, 2009.

  1. kabs

    kabs Notebook Geek

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    Thinkin of buyin a new laptop and HP just offers a better deal than dell atm. With windows 7 comming out, any new models comming out too?
     
    kabs, Aug 4, 2009
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    necrophyte Notebook Evangelist

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    yes, on this HP page http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/productdata/bamsdseng.html
    there are several products listed that havent been released yet. i already asked HP, but no answer about them yet. neither found any information about them anywhere.

    theyre certainly waiting till fall to release them with win7. i just hope the 8540p comes with the also at that time launched mobility radeon 5-series DirectX 11 GPUs.
     
    necrophyte, Aug 5, 2009
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    MGS2392 NAND Cat!

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    Looks like there's going to be an update to the EliteBooks. Better not be 16:9.
     
    MGS2392, Aug 5, 2009
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    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    Updates to the premium lines will not be generally available in the market till late November/December. Unfortunately, I believe they will be 16:9 with the new chicklet keyboard style. However, the brushed aluminium look will be maintained.
     
    chrixx, Aug 5, 2009
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    16:9?! on a business notebook.. :eek: dont understand that. 16:9 is only for watching movies. neither gaming nor office use can profit from a 16:9 display.

    will they at least equip them (8540p) with the new dx11 gpus? it would also be a good idea to offer more than just one gpu (8510p 2600 & 8530p 3650) for the 85x0p series, like a performance one (5600) and a high-end one (5700-5800). it would fit into the 15'' notebook and make it an unbeatable business notebook with great gaming & home entertainment capabilities, that could easily compete with real gaming notebooks.
     
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    There already is. The performance graphics card will be in the workstation models.
     
    chrixx, Aug 5, 2009
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    a gaming radeon card? or a workstation firegl/quadro fx card?

    among the mobility radeon cards the #600 (eg. mobility 4650) series belong to the performance class (desktop theyre mainstream), and #800 are enthusiast/high-end (desktop #700 are performance, #800 enthusiast/high-end).
     
    necrophyte, Aug 5, 2009
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