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    What's on the horizon?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by moo.mike.moo, Jan 22, 2008.

  1. moo.mike.moo

    moo.mike.moo Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    I'm going to college this fall and I've pretty much decided that I will get a nice T61p. I'm going on vacation over the summer and when I get back, I'll have one day until college starts. That means I need to receive the laptop before July.

    So, what's on the horizon? Will I miss out if I buy it in May/June?
     
    moo.mike.moo, Jan 22, 2008
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    New technologies: Solid State Drives (SSDs), OLED displays (superior in almost every respect), AMD's CPU/GPU hybrid solution called Fusion... I'm not sure exaclt when these technologies will be out, but OLED displays and SSDs can be found in some higher-end laptop models.
     
    Bog, Jan 22, 2008
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  3. moo.mike.moo

    moo.mike.moo Notebook Geek

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    Hmm, LED displays are nice. SSDs are probably out of my budget for now. What about new C2D processors?
     
    moo.mike.moo, Jan 22, 2008
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    If you wait until June or after to order, you might be able to purchase a whole new ThinkPad with the Nehalem platform.
     
    Arki, Jan 22, 2008
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    By then the rumored X300 should be out, if not something similiar would nice, I am too getting one of these, and super excited about it too.
     
    maxsquared, Jan 22, 2008
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    But it's a completely different thing from the t61p.
    Honestly I would wait for some good sale/epp/cpp to make a purchase of a t61p.
    I don't think there's gonna be any worthy refresh that's going to be out on time for school, and even if there is you're likely to suffer delays and the usual problems of a new platform.
     
    cacapis, Jan 22, 2008
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  7. moo.mike.moo

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    Hmm, I don't know if I'll be able to get a Nehalem processor. The best I can wait for is Penryn probably. When is Montevina (successor to Santa Rosa) coming out?
     
    moo.mike.moo, Jan 22, 2008
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    The Oatman Notebook Consultant

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    Montevina is due out mid 2008
     
    The Oatman, Jan 22, 2008
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