When is Dell going to use Merom?

[w3stfa11]

Does anyone know? I'm looking to buy a laptop and am waiting for that. Anyone know approximately when Dell or HP will start selling their laptops with the Merom processor?

One side question, should I just get a Core Duo laptop, seeing they'll probably be sold dirt cheap?

 

[killernotebooks]

Probably not for a while because DELL wants to keep everything cheap cheap, the CPU is going to be pretty expensive when it comes out. For example: T7400 at Computer Brain

 

[DimDim]

According to the site KillerNotebooks posted the T7400 is only about 80 cent more then the T2600 which DELL sells in some of it's modells

 

[killernotebooks]

I think you are confusing what DELL charges you to upgrade, and what they actually pay for the part.

I would guess DELL makes about $100 on that CPU. On something brand new, Intel doesn't have to cut anyone any deals like it would on an end of life CPU like the Core Duo.

 

[grog23]

w3stfall, KillerNotebooks is making a wakizachi with a t7200 merom for me right now, much better price than dell.

grog

 

[miahallen]

They already have them avalible for pre-order. The E1705 with a T7200 starts at about $1125, fully loaded with good graphics about double that.

http/configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=E1705S1&s=dhs

 

[killernotebooks]

Yea, pre-order Intel told the system designers that the "release date" was end of Aug.

The date they can actually GET CPU's is Oct.

So if you are ordering a system with a C2D... call them up and make sure you are actually getting the thing sometime in the next 2 months!