Dell XPS refresh soon?

Modafroman · 1st April 2007, 7:25 PM

Hey guys, I am kinda interested in buying a new laptop, which will be salary sacrificed (so money really is no object) and would like to get an XPS M1710, but seeing as how it has been around for almost a year, would it be time for a refresh by now? I don't want to buy something that is going to get a refresh in a few weeks time.

So, what do you guys think? From what I can see, the 9300 and the 9400/M1710 have been released about this time 2005/2006.

mximus · 1st April 2007, 7:30 PM

i'm pretty sure they'll do a refresh when santa rosa comes along which isnt far off

SLATYE · 1st April 2007, 7:33 PM

I doubt that they'll refresh it until the Geforce 8800 Mobile cards turn up or when the Santa Rosa chipset arrives.

Why would they bother refreshing now? It costs a lot of money to refresh a product (has to be designed, then all the old parts have to be eliminated before they can start manufacturing the new ones) and at this point they have no need to change anything. If new technology is released which doesn't work with the old chassis/mainboard, then doing a refresh is worthwhile.

Modafroman · 1st April 2007, 7:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mximus

i'm pretty sure they'll do a refresh when santa rosa comes along which isnt far off

So any platform release dates? I keep seeing 1st half 2007, wikipedia says may 9th. Oh well, I can wait till then

mximus · 1st April 2007, 7:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Modafroman

So any platform release dates? I keep seeing 1st half 2007, wikipedia says may 9th. Oh well, I can wait till then

the moneys on may 9th...if it isn't the 9th its still pretty much certain that it'll be released within may.

[edit] (santa rosa that is)

scheps · 8th April 2007, 7:08 PM

they dont need to refresh yet as it still kicks ass

HellsAngel · 8th April 2007, 10:38 PM

Havent heard anything of a refresh yet

Beaner · 10th April 2007, 1:51 PM

Yeah i dunno on whether to buy or hold off.

If it happens early may i can wait, however if this gets drawn out to june/july by the time it filters down to Dell then i can't really.

Any thoughts ?

Varuna · 10th April 2007, 5:00 PM

I hope they strip out the bling. Those useless ugly LEDs have to draw almost 10 watts.

Modafroman · 10th April 2007, 5:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Varuna

I hope they strip out the bling. Those useless ugly LEDs have to draw almost 10 watts.

Most likely they will announce it around the same time as santa rosa.

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1st April 2007, 7:33 PM	#3
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,039	I doubt that they'll refresh it until the Geforce 8800 Mobile cards turn up or when the Santa Rosa chipset arrives. Why would they bother refreshing now? It costs a lot of money to refresh a product (has to be designed, then all the old parts have to be eliminated before they can start manufacturing the new ones) and at this point they have no need to change anything. If new technology is released which doesn't work with the old chassis/mainboard, then doing a refresh is worthwhile. __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

10th April 2007, 1:51 PM	#8
Beaner Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 683	Yeah i dunno on whether to buy or hold off. If it happens early may i can wait, however if this gets drawn out to june/july by the time it filters down to Dell then i can't really. Any thoughts ? __________________ Successful OCAU trades with over 150 members

10th April 2007, 5:00 PM	#9
Varuna Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sydneys Northern Beaches. Posts: 1,050	I hope they strip out the bling. Those useless ugly LEDs have to draw almost 10 watts. __________________ If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

8th April 2007, 7:08 PM	#6
scheps Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 705	they dont need to refresh yet as it still kicks ass

8th April 2007, 10:38 PM	#7
HellsAngel Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 3,835	Havent heard anything of a refresh yet