M860TU for pre-order already?!?

In general I respect and agree with what you are saying and agree you have to be careful. No problems there... The problem I had trouble with was -

"To me this looks like Eurocom is just looking for attention . . . I wouldn't take any of the info on their site as concrete as some of it is already wrong. I'll wait until the machine is actually for sale from Sager and authorized Sager resellers . . ."

I am not looking to make a big deal about it but I am 100% sure that if it were Sager or XOTIC and not Eurocom being referred to then stuff like this would not be published.

Thanks for your responds and great work on the board!


John Shore

 

Sager has shown that they are extremely cautious about Clevo official words... I guess that is why people use them as a benchmark for Clevo announcements.... even if everyone is pressuring them to give a statement.

They are definitely known to not make any promises that they could not confirm... and I would not expect them to.

As for me... an bystander... I just like knowing all info, new, confirmed, unconfirmed...

So thanks for Eurocom to release their information.

 

this would be my config, probably from another vendor though:


System and Display EUROCOM M860TU Montebello; 15.4-inch; Widescreen; WUXGA; 1920-by-1200 pixels; UltraSharp; Matte Surface £1,150
Built-in WebCam for Video Conferencing, Skype Ready Without WebCam installed £-35
Optical Drive - to Backup large capacity HDDs and to Store data-rich digital content 2x BLU RAY BURNER; BD-ROM/R/RE; DVD-ROM/+RW DL; DVD+-RW; Tray-based; Panasonic UJ-220; w/ software £300
Upgradeable Processor Intel Quad Core 2 Extreme® QX9300; 2.53GHz; 1066MHz; 12MB L2; 45W; Socket-P Montevina *** ETA: July 31 *** £678
VGA Technology 512MB DDR3; Nvidia GeForce Go 8800M GTX; 16x PCIe; DX10; VGA Module
Memory Configuration 4GB; 2x 2GB; DDR3; PC3-10600; 256Mx64; 8-8-8 ranks8; up to 1.600 Mb/s - 2 SODIMMs; 204-pin £180
Hard Drive: Choose Regular, Hybrid or Solid State Drive(s) 200GB; SATA-300; 7,200rpm; up to 3Gb/s; 16MB cache; 2.5-inch £45 ( will get a SSD later)
External Hard Drive for Data Backup or Network Storage (NAS) None - Choose from the options below
Operating System(s) English; Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate; 64-bit; OEM Edition; DVD £198
Choose Your Keyboard (Language) English; US & Canada
ExpressCard Adapters None - Choose from the options below
Wireless LAN 802.11n; up to 300Mbps; Wireless Wi-Fi; Gigabyte GN-WI06N-RH; PCIe Mini Card; 2.4 and 5GHz £48
Bluetooth for Wireless Devices None - Choose from the options below
Standard Battery (internal) 8-cells Smart Li-lon Battery
Standard AC Adapter 120W AC Adapter; 100-240V Auto-Switching
Standard Power Cord - included UK Power Cord

 

Well according to the email responses I received from Eurocom, the M860TU supposed to accept orders few weeks ago and ship out the second week of May. I had clearly told them that if M860TU would not available until June then I will go for M570RU, but they chose to lie to me. This is why I went for xotic pc even though Eurocom offering a lower price for my configuration.

 

Found this on fudzilla today. Talks about the next extreme processor. Hopefully the new processors they release will fit and just down clock to 800 fsb.
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7198&Itemid=1

X9100 is the name

The top-end Intel mobile CPU to launch in June will rock at 3.06GHz. This will be the fastest dual-core for mobile platforms and it will fit in Montevina platforms. The X9100 CPU likes and works with FSB 1066 and has 6MB of L2 cache. It is, of course, based on 45nm Penryn dual-core processors and it looks pretty much the same as currently available Wolfdale 45nm dual-cores.

Intel promises 44W Thermal Design Power (TDP) and the 35x35mm CPU fits in socket P. The full name of the CPU is Core 2 Extreme X9100, and with 3.06GHz it definitely is the fastest dual-core for notebooks. Some crazy notebook manufacturers might even overclock it further, but 3GHz is quite enough for notebooks.

The CPU launches on June 3rd, together with many others and with Montevina, aka Centrino 2 platform.

 

The new AW m17x will allow OC X9100 to 3.6G, and with 9800MGTX SLI 3dMark06 over 20K is possible.

 

Doesn't look that way to me; it looks like the inevitable consequences of earning yourself a reputation.

 

The original release date for the Chipset was 1 May. This was the release date we put on our website. INTEL then changed the release date to 1 June, so we had to change our release date to June. Do you really think what you just wrote makes any sense at all?? If we wanted your money we would have told you the M860 was a long way off and would get you to buy a M570RU right away. Perhaps you are living in a state of induced Nirvana. All of this release date information was clearly published on this site and 1000 other sites. Not a state secret if you choose to be informed. I'll have some of what you are smoking!

 

1. Where is the official announcement from Intel that says that the chipset was due to be released on May 1st?

2. If the chipset is released on May 1st, is it realistic to tell customers that the laptop based on that chipset will be shipped out during the 2nd week of may? I think not.

 

Those email responses I got from you guys were around 10th April, plus or minus few days. By that time we all knew the Montevina will be release on 1st June, but what I heard from you guys was that m860tu will be shipping out starting the second week of May. I will try to find those emails to prove this if I haven't trashed them already.

 

Guys,

Please be patience. There is no need for this bickering...

FYI, do thorough research on the company before deciding to do business them. Resellerrating.com, bbb.org, a good ole google search, or even calling them are great ways of doing research.

 

Can I overclock the X9000?
Unfortunately at this time there is no reason to believe that there will be an option in the BIOS to unlock the multiplier in the m17x.

Quote:
Originally Posted by http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=3327751&postcount=18
"Dear Mr. ******,

Thank you for contacting Alienware.

Regarding your inquiry, the Area 51 m17x does not come with an option for over-clocking.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you have any other questions or technical issues, please do not hesitate to contact us again or visit our Knowledge Base at http://support.alienware.com.

Thank you again for choosing Alienware.


Best regards,

******** ********
Electronic Support
Alienware Corporation"
thanks to yomamasfavourite

 

I think he was kidding

 

no, someone already got a sample with x9100ES and 9800MGTX SLI. So maybe the BIOS should also be engineering release.

 

Any words yet on the M570TU? HDMI, eSATA...sweet!

 

What 9800M GTX? where?

 

Yeah....google search led me nowhere

 

It´s nowhere. A friend of mine got that and didn´t post it....

 

Holy crap! This computer has the ability to take 8 GB of memory. That's more than the G5 Mac's at school....wow, I will get the 2GB and FOR SURE, upgrade to that later on! WHOOHOOO!

 

It's a beautiful looking laptop at it's base specs+ wifi and small things. Once you start looking at the quad core and 8gb of ram it quickly becomes, Hello Visa? I need a new CC thanks.

 

It will roughly cost 4 times more than the equivallent desktop with a 22 inch lcd.
Not that much of a trade off if you ask me.
I swear,laptop parts should get cheaper,we`re not Bill Gates you know...