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It's Nehalem launch day!

post #1 of 9
11/17/08 at 7:17am
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Anyone find any interesting deals?
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post #2 of 9
11/17/08 at 9:13am

Re: It's Nehalem launch day!

It looks like the guys over in tradmark & branding have given it the "Core i7" name. Next-Generation Intel PC Chips to Carry Intel Core Name

IIRC I wrote some patent applications for Nehalem back in the day.

This story has some early price reference points.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10093377-64.html
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post #3 of 9
11/17/08 at 12:16pm
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Thanks Dennis. So far the big guys don't seem to be hitting the mark here. I'd like a kickass graphics card paired with the middle CPU and a beefy power supply, and everything so far is well over $2k to get that, so will have to play it by ear. I'm tempted on the Dell $999 deal but still not sold.
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post #4 of 9
11/18/08 at 12:39pm
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They changed it so the upgraded video card was only another $50 so I finally bit. I tossed in a couple of upgrades tho and I'm fairly happy with the final price:

Studio XPS - Studio XPS, Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
Total Price: $1,859.00

-- Intel® Core蒂i7-920 Processor(8MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz)
-- 6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs
-- Dell 24 inch Consumer蒂 S2409W Flat Panel, Adjustable Stand
-- 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850
-- 750GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
-- Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
-- Single Drive: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
-- Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
-- No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
-- Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet
-- No Productivity software pre-installed
-- McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 15-months
-- 1Yr Ltd HW WRTY, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis, 24x7 Phone Support
-- Limited Time Offer: Free upgrade to SP2009W monitor!
- $290.00
-- Limited Time Offer: Free video card upgrade!
- $150.00
-- Receive 7% off your Member purchase

Subtotal: $1,319.67
Shipping and Handling: $29.99
Total: $1,444.14

Under $1450 after tax and shipping, including BluRay playback and got the Tri-channel memory by bumping it to 6 gigs. The bigger hard disk was probably the only real ripoff in the deal but I'd rather have the base system come with a big honking base drive for the OS and stuff and I will put all my media on other larger internal drives.
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post #5 of 9
11/22/08 at 6:24pm
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Re: It's Nehalem launch day!

Dell Studio XPS Review
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post #6 of 9
11/22/08 at 6:54pm

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Sam:

Give us a write up when you get this in.
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post #7 of 9
11/23/08 at 2:35pm
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Will do!
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post #8 of 9
11/23/08 at 5:54pm

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Sam:

Have you heard when this chipset is supposed to be in the new MacBook?
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post #9 of 9
11/24/08 at 8:46am
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Re: It's Nehalem launch day!

Not until mid next year. Allegedly. Servers first then laptops. Look for monster new macpros at MWSF if we are lucky!

Sam
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