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    New Hp Santa Rosa Models

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Undacovabrotha10, Apr 16, 2007.

  1. Undacovabrotha10

    Undacovabrotha10 Notebook Evangelist

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    Like many other people on these forums, I am in the dilemma of waiting for Santa Rosa to be released or to buy now. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what HP has in store for the new santa rosa chip set and how long I would have to wait to get my hands on a machine with that config.

    Thanks
     
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  2. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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  3. Andrew Baxter

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    Yes, they're coming May 9th. There's a couple of the releases buried on this site with some information.

    HP 8510

    HP 8710

    both are business notebooks due out May 9th. There will be a bunch of other laptops too.
     

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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I think the 8510 info might be wrong...there is no such thing as a 15.4" laptop with a X1900 graphics card...at least one that doesn't melt itself upon delivery.

    But it does appear like the nc8430 is finally going to be outdated...
     
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    The specs are all speculative, yes, but the 8510w, 8510p, 8710w and 8710p are four different notebooks that will hit -- only thing we know is the 8510 will be 15.4" and 8710 will be 17" and of course are Intel Santa Rosa platform notebooks.
     
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  6. klezmer41

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    I'm getting one of the 17" ones, any ideas when they'll be released? :D
     
    klezmer41, Apr 17, 2007
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    Oh nevermind May 9th, just a few days after my birthday. Totally rad. I will have a notebook for Barcamp.
     
    klezmer41, Apr 17, 2007
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    I would wait for Santa Rosa for sure. Faster FSB=800MHz, supports Hybrid HDD's, new chipset, and a couple of nice things I can't remember. You are just to close to it's release to buy the old platform IMHO. Santa Rose is Intel's whole new upgrade the the Centrino platform.. I think they will call it Centrino Pro.
     
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    The pics look exactly like the nc8430. Would make sense they keep the case the same as it is really works.
     
    bellullabob, Apr 17, 2007
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    Does none of the older notebooks support hybrid hard drives? For instance the DV9000 series?
     
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  11. dagamer34

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    All notebook support hybrid hard drives. There is no need for the notebook to have a Santa Rosa chipset. However, Santa Rosa has flash built into the motherboard, so there is less need for a hybrid hard drive.
     
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    I remember reading somewhere that on the Santa Rosa platform, you have to choose between onboard NAND cache module (Robson?) or the hybrid HDD but not both.
     
    SBR, Apr 17, 2007
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  13. JadedRaverLA

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    Currently, that appears to be correct. The limitation is that Vista's SuperFetch feature only allows for one flash memory device (be it a ReadyBoost device, Sata Rosa's motherboard NAND, or a ReadyDrvie hybrid hard drive). I imagine as the devices become more common, Microsoft will release an update for Vista (maybe sp1) to allow multiple devices to be utilized at the same time.
     
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    Wonder why that is? The readyboost doesnt really work like the hybrid hard drives will.
     
    byrds6, Apr 17, 2007
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