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    dv8000t price remains high

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bgeo, Sep 7, 2006.

  1. bgeo

    bgeo Notebook Geek

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    With the introduction of dv9000t, one would expect dv8000t prices to be lowered. We also expected dv9000t to replace the existing dv8000t price tag. Isn't dv8000t expected to be phased out ? So, why is it still priced high ?

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    guhjeeh Notebook Consultant

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    dv8000 is still a low price for the specs
     
    guhjeeh, Sep 7, 2006
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    comp usa has all the 8000 series at "closeout" prices -- guess theyre discontinuing it
     
    chr8808, Sep 7, 2006
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    Well, since C1D (dv8000t in HP's case) is generally expected to be phased out, one would expect the price to be VERY VERY low. But that is not seen for now. Perhaps it might take a while before dv9000t takes dv8000t price tag.

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    bgeo, Sep 7, 2006
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    What do you mean by C1D?
     
    Brianj, Sep 8, 2006
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    Core Duo. The new one is called Core 2 Duo.
     
    chiaroscurist, Sep 8, 2006
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    That's what I figured he meant, but looking at the bottom of this page:
    http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2808&p=2

    shows that intel is still shipping a large number of yonah processors. And if you think about it, whenever HP runs out or intel discontinues them, they'll just use the merom instead.

    The dv8000t is still a few hundred cheaper than the dv9000t. If HP stuck the merom in the 8000t, I'd probably go for it and take the chance on the keyboard problems.
     
    Brianj, Sep 8, 2006
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