Compaq X6000 has been removed from the HP/Compaq lineup!?

As of this moment, the Compaq X6000 notebook is nowhere to be found on HP.com any more. Does this mean it is finally time for the AMD 64-bit version? Really I don't think so, but I wish. Either it is just removed from the lineup temporarily or it has been discontinued?? I thought it was fairly, or at least semi, popular?

 

Huh, it is gone...maybe the X7000 is next?!?

 

that's strange...on the compaq home page..it tells u that you could customize the X6000 http://h18000.www1.hp.com/ ....really strange

 

And when you click the X6000 link on the Compaq page, it goes no where...

 

I don't think there'll be a new notebook like an X7000, I think they've just run out of parts for the notebook.

 

Or there aren't enough people buying them to justify separate zd8000 and X6000 lines.

They'd have a lot more people buying them if they'd build an Athlon 64 X2 version. VoodooPC has one, as does M-Tech (same Clevo D900K platform). Get in gear HP.

 

I hope there is an A64 X2 version soon! I won't count on it though. There would have been a press release

 

Well there was a press release like a month ago that most of the notebook lines at HP/Compaq would get and AMD based option. I'm beginning to think that is not going to happen though...

But yes it would be nice since other than far superior performance a Dual Core Athlon 64 X2 also use less watt and dissipates less heat than a single core P4, LOL!!!!

 

Still no word one what happend to the Compaq X6000?

 

They probably discontinued it because the X6000 was self-detrimental, taking customers who would have otherwise bought zd8000s anyway. Just my guess.

 

Possibly, I like to think we'll see it reborn with a PM chip.

 

Agreed. Most people don't need P4s in their notebooks anymore, period.

 

yup..how come companies are still putting them in their laptops still though??...i just don't understand y

 

Intel makes them an offer they can't refuse.

I want to see HP use Athlon 64 X2's in a zd8000-type machine. Less power consumption than the P4's they've been using and so much firepower... Dell already has a Pentium-M gaming notebook so what's the point of HP building the same thing?

 

A Pentium 4 in a notebook is not practical in the first place. It makes for a very hot notebook, with less than an hour and a half of battery life, and plus they're huge and heavy.

I don't think anyone is going to miss the X6000.

Yea, we'd all love to see an Athlon X2 in a notebook, but it is very iffy as to wether or not HP will do it, and if they do, it will still probably have a slow graphics card in it. The Radeon X600 in the X6000 wasn't exactly cutting edge, merely a PCI-X version of the Mobility 9700. As far as I can remember, that card couldn't play any games above XGA due to its slow GPU and meager 4 pixel pipelines. A real shame because the X6000 had a beautiful widescreen with a WSXGA+ option.

Maybe HP is trying to drop the Compaq line? It would ultimately save them money in the long run I think.

 

I think theres still a lot of people loyal to the Compaq brand. They should really put an Althon 64, Turion or Pentium M into the ZD8000.

 

Athlon X2 with GeForce 6800 Ultra would be a killer option.

 

I would jump off a bridge for that. Literally.

Might kill my wallet too.

 

nVidia was gushing about AMD on their earnings conference call last night, talking up the new AMD chipset they're building and the AMD Turion. I'm a little more confident that my theory (WAG?) about HP waiting on nVidia's new chipset and mobile 7-series GPU for a zd8000 replacement is correct. If so, I have no idea when such a beast would be released.

Dell's earnings report didn't go over so well. They don't sell AMD.

 

So they just killed off the X6000 series? Still no official explination on where it is or if it is coming back or being replaced...???

 

No updates?