And just like that, the
CES 2010 on-switch has been well and truly pressed. After
HP,
Sony and
Lenovo all exposed their hardware to the world prematurely, it was inevitable that other companies would "accidentally" follow suit. Thanks to
CNET's snooping, we're now staring at a trio of new Core i3 models from Dell, Toshiba and Gateway -- highlighted by an unannounced ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 powering a 1600 x 900 15-inch display on the Gateway, which also squeezes 500GB of storage under a shockingly low $692 price tag. On the Atom front, the
Mini 210 is joined by a Toshiba NB305 -- sporting
the N450, 250GB HDD, up to 11 hours' claimed battery life, and a $438 sticker -- as well as Gateway's effort with a smaller 160GB HDD but also suitably reduced $285 asking price. Hit the links below to get freshened up on all the juicy details.
Read - FutureShop.ca (Gateway NV5905H)
Read - FutureShop.ca (Toshiba Satellite L500-00F)
Read - Costco (Dell Inspiron 15)
Read - FutureShop.ca (Gateway LT2102H)
Read - FutureShop.ca (Toshiba NB305-00F)
posted January 3rd 2010 8:08PM
wow since when has Futureshop been first to break new inventory news lol...
@trek
amen. the last time something from the future was in that store . . . well, I think I was buying a 2.7ghz celeron and thought it was amazing.
i was interested until i saw integrated graphics cards on the netbooks.
@kojo87
Integrated is not as bad as it was. A few weeks ago my dog decided to "water" my media center computer. I replaced it with a Gateway with a x4500 from Costco. I was planning on putting an ATI card in it, but I hooked it up to my TV, and run it at 1080p with no problems using the integrated graphics.
While it is probably not something you would want to play games on, for media center it works well. I always wanted NVIDIA or ATI to create a card specifically for media center. You do not need all the shaders and extra stuff. Just quiet, low power, and cheap, but can drive Blu-Ray and HD video.
@NohOne1 i suppose i wasn't specific enough. i was interested until i saw integrated INTEL graphics. i had a similar situation where i was going to put an extra ATi HD3870 i had into a desktop but it turned out the integrated card was pretty solid. i think it was an ATi 3200 something. i just don't understand why there isn't an ION in every netbook by now. when my EeePC starts stuttering trying to play Youtube videos i get pretty irritated.
@kojo87
The integrated Intel in my Acer Aspire is bad, and it also has problems with youtube. But so far, the Intel x4500 in the MC is doing well.
@kojo87
It's a netbook, what do you expect? Dual 5970's?
@CJisohsocool yes. if you read my second post you will see that is exactly what i said smartass.
Wow! Carrot Cake!
Interesting. What are the clock speeds and cache?
@VetteDude It's the Core i3-330M, so 2.13GHz w/ 3MB cache.
@Vlad Savov Hmm. Sounds decent. Is this replacing the C2D mobile chips?
@VetteDude
Thats my understanding.
@VetteDude Yep, still dual core, but integrates memory controller and GPU inside the CPU packaging and the processors are made at 32nm. Should be extremely energy efficient - I myself have been biting my nails waiting for this Arrandale junk for ages. Think I'll be glad I did.
Do they kinda replace the Pentium's too?
@VetteDude
Eventually, check this out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)
@jon
Click the "did you mean:" link. God, I hate this comment system.
@VetteDude No, at least one Pentium called the P4500 is coming.
@VetteDude Alright. Here's a question. I'm looking to buy a new laptop, an ultraportable. Do I wait for the i3?
@Cam
Absolutely. Unless you really need a computer in the next few weeks, you'll be better off waiting for the i3. It will be faster and more efficient, which means better battery life.
Unless you're talking about a netbook type of ultra portable, because the i3 chip won't show up in that form factor.
Here's my question. Is the Core i3 more powerful than the C2D? If so, comparing at what Ghz? Ex: i3 2.16 Ghz to C2D 2.4Ghz
@Cam
Wait for the i series chips definitely. Probably not the i3 though, it's a 35W part and will probably have crappy battery life in a small(11"-13") notebook.
What exactly are you looking for?
@jayayess1190
The P4500 should be branded a Celeron, and it's a Westmere part too.
The ULV C2 Pentiums sholud be phased by Q3'10.
What the hell? Why is that Dell Inspiron 15 priced so high?
Inspirons are like $500 laptops and it has a Intel® GMA X4500HD GPU
I hope that's just a typo.
@onQ
I thought the same.
@kris120890
me 11. The gateway is 300 less and better spec'd. Build quality does not make up $300
@onQ I own a Dell Inspiron 1525 - maxed out everything and paid almost $1,400 for it. It's the worst computer I've ever owned and permanently soured me on Dell.
@malexandria
You could have possessed so much more awesomness for 1400. Sagers, Asus, even hp's all quirk an eyebrow at you.
@malexandria wow really I have a Inspiron 1525 and only paid $450 for it and I love it.
if you was going to spend that much money ($1400) you should have got something better not a cheap laptop with lots of upgrades what was you thinking?
@malexandria
Yeah, I agree with onQ on this one. You could've had a much better computer for that price. Inspirons are meant to be cheap. My Studio XPS 13 cost less than $1400 that and it runs like a dream.
The netbooks are looking promising, specifically the netbooks that are managing to stay in the $300 and under range where they belong.
I want to replace my 13 inch Macbook with an Ultra Slim 15 inch Win 7 Laptop with 500 GB HD and 4GB of ram for under $700 and these new models are looking promising. I want to replace my Macbook because I just don't like it, OSX, or Apple Fanboys. The 2mb of Ram means certain tasks like running iMovie and Firefox together really slow and running Parallels with Windows on this machine is painful not to mention it only has 2 USB Ports that effectively turn into one if I plug in a Wireless card.
@malexandria 2MB? Ouch.
@malexandria
You know you can upgrade that RAM, right? It's located behind the battery. Go to iFixit for instructions.
Oh goodness, performing non linear video editing eats RAM?
Who would have thought?! Firefox eating RAM though, that we knew. I use and recommend Chrome.
What is it that you don't like about OS X, exactly?
@mikeweezer
I am cursed with the same piece of crap, 130 dollars, a 320 gb hdd, and 4 gigs of 667 DDR2 RAM (this thing can't handle higher speeds) later, this thing is still a piece of ****. And that is my first experiance with an OS X mac, and the only reason I gave them a chance at all is because I had to for my school.
Luckily I have a nice laptop coming either today or tomorrow, now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be pressing my nose against the window waiting for the UPS truck.
@ethena2
Here's my main complaint.
No games.
@thelolotov
Boot Camp....
I play COD 6 all the time in boot camp.... So painless.
Everything seems to be leaking.
@Koneck im leaking o.o
How much better is the i3 compared to the Core Duo?
Futureshop? Haven't heard them in the news before.
@iMiiTH Obviously you don't live in Canada.
Can anyone explain to me why the Toshiba is priced at $438? That's a tad bit too expensive for a netbook....
No USB 3.0 Notebooks I suppose, thanks to Intel. Yeah I know about lightpeak but who knows when that will arrive.
Here's my question. Is the Core i3 more powerful than the C2D? If so, comparing at what Ghz? Ex: i3 2.16 Ghz to C2D 2.4Ghz.
@TheSmartOne
They should be, the Nehalem chips usually out perform C2D by 10-20% clock for clock.
There simply aren't enough benches for the new chips yet to say for sure.
Out of the netbooks, the gateway one is the best bang for the buck. My friend got one of these and it's pretty sweet.
Since the Inspiron 15 is already in Dell's N series, I'd expect Ubuntu on the core i3 version before too long-- but that screen is only 768px high, and my Droid's screen ...is 854. I'm on the 1420N now, 1440x900.
If I'm looking for a non-Apple machine, I'd say 1440x900 is probably about the minimum resolution I'll seriously consider at this point, unless it's like OLED or something.
I'd be more excited if they would start putting better quality screens in notebooks..
i want more info on this..