Dell's 17-inch gaming laptop is the perfect example to illustrate the above affirmations. If you are one of the users that say nothing is better that an XPS M1730, you're wrong, because the ultra-popular notebook now comes with a Penryn update. The latest technology from Intel has arrived at a slow pace on the market. And it took it more than one month since it was first announced during the Consumer Electronics Show.
The Penryn CPU has replaced the old Core 2 Duo T7700 and T7800 Merom chips. The new offering from Dell now includes the T9300 and the T9500 Penryn chips, which should bring the user all the advantages of the 45-nanometer technology. The real good part is the fact that the processor upgrade won't add any price difference; they just come for free. That's no wonder, given the fact that the XPS M1730 is some sort of a premium notebook, that already comes with a pretty bulky price tag.
The XPS M1730 notebooks will list the two Penryn CPUs, namely the 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo T9300 and the 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo T8300. The latter comes with half the cache of the T9300 chip (3MB only). Moreover, the Penryn processors cost even less than the Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Core 2 Duo T7800 options.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Dell's XPS M1730
Saturday, February 9, 2008
The Green PCs Are Coming to Get You
What you have to know about Dell's “Simplifying the IT” concept. On the 14th of May I attended Dell's Technology and Solutions Tour held in Bucharest. Since there is much to cover on such a complex event as this one, I will be referring only to the main points of interest. In general, Dell only holds conferences whenever they need to explain (and in some cases to prove the usability of) some new concepts. And the "Simplifying the IT one" seems like a big deal, especially if I'm to think about the presentation held by Mark Boulton, Director of Enterprise Marketing for Dell EMEA.
I have to say that the presentation itself was pretty impressive as it "touched" some particularly interesting issues, most of them related to this very concept (check the title!). Mister Boulton started the press conference with a quick introduction related to Dell's marketing strategy. The introduction was brief (as expected when dealing with important changes) and evolved around a single point: the service business.
