What's coming next from HP?

We know Lenovo is releasing a new lineup of Thinkpads in June. We know Dell is releasing a new line of Latitudes in June. Given those facts, it would make sense that HP would be coming out with a series of Montevina-based business notebooks. Has anything been heard about a replacement for the 6910p or other models?

 

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/19/Laptop-vendors-to-offer-Centrino-with-WiMax_1.html

 

That article is incorrect. The Latitude E-series will be Montevina based.

 

its already more than 6 months since that article published. Both WiMax and WiFi v.N are still not adopted as standards. The dv series is approaching the end of the line anyway. I dont see why HP will not adopt the new WiMax since it still give Wi-Fi support.

 

DV3000 is just released and is going to be released in the US in June or July according to a German site.

The DV3000 is a cool laptop , I normally dislike HP PAvillion laptops but I like this one quite a lot.

And who cares about thinkpad , it is just name nothing special , Dell , HP , Acer are better in sales.

 

Businesses do. Thinkpads are not meant for the general consumer market, but Lenovo obviously has completely gone astray in the US where they slash Thinkpad prices in a bid to compete with HP and Dell's consumer range as they lack a formidable consumer presence in the US and the Thinkpad is as easily recognisable as the Pavillion and Inspiron. For the rest of the world, Lenovo punishes us with insane pricing on Thinkpads. No other vendor has practised such active discrimination, which is the more reason to hate Lenovo's practices.

 

I'm guessing the larger units will follow suit, hopefully incorporating the changes made for the dv3000.

 

No offense, but most Acer models I've seen are $500 crap that's sold at Walmart. They can't touch a Lenovo T61 or HP 6910p.

The 6910p is what I want to see the replacement for. A solid business notebook with a 14" screen and DX10 discrete graphics. Hopefully the replacement won't have both speakers on one side of the machine.

 

The DV3000 is going to be a real nice system, they are using a 13.1" wide screen, it going to have two Hard drive, a good Nvidia card. And it going to have a white/silver combination of colors.

As far as IBM, i think I read some where that they were going to or they released a notebook series that will be more consumer appealing. I don't remember the model, but I remember seen pictures of it.

 

The problem with the dv3000 is that HP/Compaq Consumer service is terrible. HP/Compaq Commercial service is significantly better. And unless something has changed recently the build quality of the Commerical models is significantly better as well.

 

Thats true, I agree with you. The business line will always be way better than the consumer line.

 

Yeah , you are right, first time , I misunderstood about the above post.

Yeah, they price extremely high in Asia and EU sothey are losing their share quickly.

I think besides HP and Acer , all other manufactures over-charing from Europeans and Asians and selling something old left out form last year's US market thing in Asia.

Thinkpad R61 : T8100, 1gb ,xp pro , 120gb hd ,14.1 inch wxga , intel 3945bg costs 38900baht here , it is like 1400US, ridiculous right?

 

sorry you are completely wrong and brainwashed, go to a Geram or British site and see how high these Acers are rated.

there is much less commerical or politcal influence on a british review than on an US review , I tend to trust BRITISH or GERMAN review on an acer.

have you ever seen travel mate 6292 model?

it performs better than any of thinkpad and is selected to be editor's choice of many sites.

and As5920G is a great model with serious power , it is more powerful than much more expensive HP Paillion DV9700T or Sony FZ.

well, the 6910p is a great model but Acer also has many great models at much cheaper price, if you can charge 2k for a laptop like T61p , it is easy to make a good or ok laptop.

I never said thinkpads are bad , but not so special , I prefer HP 8510p over it and I am planning to buy a new Dell Latitude E when I get out here but for now I'm with HP business and Acer.

If there is no IBM legacy , Legend and name itself , no one take Thinkpad seriously since it does not have anything that others can not offer be sides its name.

 

I wish HP and other manufacturers had the same quality builds available for their consumer lines and/or made their business notebook builds more accessible to the "consumer" in terms of ordering off their website. I had an HP dv9000 that had the lcd bezel hinge crack problem and won't buy another consumer made notebook due to poor design/build quality and weak feature/ performance set that notebook had and most consumer machines share. The LCD screens made for consumers absolutely blow in terms of brightness and overall quality. Even at $1000-$1700 for these builds the machine should be built to last more than 2-3 years and not die because of heat problems, etc.--mine lasted 1 year and 4 months. The big manufactures make huge profits from crap builds and the consumer is left with a machine that is like a toaster--one slice of burnt bread away from being completely worthless. Hopefully the montevina platform will bring with it higher quality builds across manufacturers in about 4 to 6 weeks from now. Zero reason to buy anything until then.

 

I work in technology support at my school part time. Every single Acer product that I have seen come in for service has been of terrible build quality. The Dell Latitudes and IBM Thinkpads are far sturdier. Maybe Acer sells better products overseas, but what I've seen here in the US of their products is that they're cheaply built.