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HP Centrino Duo Coming Soon
Just like to point out that on the hpshopping page which I've been checking everyday.... This morning I got up and found a surprise:
Compaq Presario V2000T customizable Notebook PC
• Available Intel® Core™ Duo processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional
• Available 14" WXGA high-definition widescreen display, including BrightView option
• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
• Up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
• Up to 100GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• Customizable with double-layer DVD±R/RW and CD-RW combo drive with LightScribe
• Customizable with Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG wireless card
• One-year limited warranty
Size
1.53" thin and 5.2lbs (product weight may vary due to component changes or options selected)
HP Pavilion dv1000t customizable Notebook PC
• Latest Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology
• Available Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional
• Integrated webcam and microphone supports video conferencing (available on select models)
• HP QuickPlay provides fast off-line access to music and DVDs
• Up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
• Up to 100GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• Available double-layer DVD±R/RW and CD-RW Combo drive with Lightscribe
• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 graphics card
• 14" WXGA high-definition widescreen display
• Available Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG network connection
• Dual-headphone jacks
• One-year limited warranty
Size
1.18" thin and 5.33 lbs (product weight may vary due to component changes or options selected)
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What is this GMA950? It must be way better than GMA900 or otherwise what will be the point of having a dual core processor...
I'm looking forward to seeing preliminary reviews or remarks
Edit: Actually I found one:
here
684 on 3Dmark05 is not impressive.
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A dual-core 32-bit notebook with a weak GPU that isn't even DirectX9 capable when Vista is coming within a year. Where's the market for this?
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Yep, we saw them last night, will be posting pictures today in the news section.
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go to the news section to see pictures of this notebook
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They seem to have updated QuickPlay software, hopefully, they can play media off of the hard drive in additon to the optical drive.
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I want more codecs!!!
Ahh, i can dream.
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A dual-core 32-bit notebook with a weak GPU that isn't even DirectX9 capable when Vista is coming within a year. Where's the market for this?
I think it does support Directx 9. In the review I read, the authors argued that the sole purpose of this gpu is to enable the cheapest Centrino config to run Vista at good settings. It's obvious that recently ATI x200 gets many customers away from Intel's notebooks because of the eventual Vista support.
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I stand corrected. It's still an extremely weak GPU though, going by the ExtremeTech review link above, so I still recommend getting an ATI 200M or better instead of an Intel GPU.
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Huh, well isn't this a real darn shame, Intel releasing new integrated graphics which STILL can't take full advantage of Vista's graphical capabilities.
Actually, I don't see anything amazing with Vistas graphical abilities, the only thing I saw were transparent windows, and you need a powerful GPU for that!? Please, $(#@ Vista, XP is just fine for me anyways.
Its cool how the DV1000T at least has the option for an integrated webcam and microphone, not sure about the V2000T.