Precision Mobile Workstations with Core Duo Coming

Staska writes "All the reports last week about leaked Dell pricelist missed one important part. All of them focused on the consumer Inspiron line. But Dell is also preparing the release of Precision mobile workstations with Intel's Core Duo chips. Here are some possible configurations and prices for Precision workstation M65 line. "

Why doesn't Dell have one?

[the_humeister]

Or at least I haven't been able to find a Dell machine with core duo as the processor(s). Aren't they Intel's preferred customer?

Re:Why doesn't Dell have one?

[NMThor]

The Inspiron E1705 and the Inspiron 9400 have them (the laptops were the first to get them)

Re:Why doesn't Dell have one?

[Andy Dodd]

As another poster mentioned, the Inspiron 9400 is one of them.

It isn't sold in the Home section though, you have to look in the Small Business section.

Dell's site organization is a bit weird...

Hmm

[macphile84]

A mobile workstation with Core Duo? Sounds like that's already been announced and available for order! It's called the MacBook Pro [apple.com]. :)

Re:Hmm

[M-G]

And IBM/Lenovo is already taking orders on their CoreDuo Thinkpads too.

RE: Wow... and in other news...

[fshalor]

New Dell Precision xDuo's have to be sent back for repairs twice as fast!

(We've had to stop buying dells, since Dell has their laptops about 2 weeks out of every months... jees!)

The HP duo Core's pretty nice. I'm leaning toward a new macbook (not pro, when they come out.) But have a sweet spot for the g4's.

Re: Wow... and in other news...

[Jeff DeMaagd]

The PC World and Consumer Reports reader surveys I've seen all show that Apple has the best customer support and the best reliability. For me, Apple has been more than lenient, a hard drive damaged due to a drop was replaced without question.

Never attribute to malice...

[smittyoneeach]

We continue to pour through Dell's internal pricelist that was accidentally leaked through Google.

...what can be traced to marketing.

Maybe I'm not a representative sample, but when then the first sentence of an article is whiffy enough for a political speech, I read no further.

Really?

[Groo Wanderer]

Do tell....

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28454 [theinquirer.net]

                            -Charlie

I'm still waiting

[PitaBred]

For the AMD dual cores to come out. It seems to me that AMD has better interconnects and a better dual-core design in general. I don't need a new laptop right this moment, so it seems prudent to just wait and see which one really is better. When are they supposed to be released, June or something?

Even if the CPU comes out

[Andy Dodd]

Will you be able to find a good system that contains that CPU?

Whether or not the Turion 64 is better or worse than the Pentium M, the fact is that every Turion 64 system I've seen has been either from a small-time OEM vendor or has been a relatively low end system (e.g. 14" display, crappy peripherals, looks flimsy).

Sadly, AMD is still way behind in the OEM market. If you build your own systems, AMD is the clear choice, and all of my desktop machines are AMD-based. For prebuilt systems from a reputable ma

Re:Even if the CPU comes out

[PitaBred]

Acer has some damn nice [newegg.com] Turion based laptops. And all the reviews I've seen have found favorably for their quality. And you know, this is exactly what the AMD lawsuit [slashdot.org] against Intel is about. Intel has kept them OUT of big-time OEMs by predatory pricing and other agreements/threats. Not to mention that the best way to get AMD in many of those places you seem to care about is to vote with your dollars. Isn't the performance per watt and per dollar that AMD provides relative to Intel worth it?

Re:Even if the CPU comes out

[Andy Dodd]

ATi graphics chipset = non-starter for me. I care about driver quality.

Plus, it's only a 15.4" screen.

Last, my previous experience with Acer laptops has been less than pleasant.

What is up with widescreen?

[hokeyru]

Seriously, I think the widescreen display is one of the most oversold technologies of the past few years. Especially on laptops. Do people really watch that many movies on thier PC's?

And if I had a dollar for every time I saw a widescreen TV in a bar distorting regular-aspect broadcasts, I could drink free for a month.