I don't get it, why so few dual core Dell laptops?

rocketman... there isn't a video card upgrade to go along with the dual core's that would warrant the release of a newer xps.

The XPS line is purely marketed for Gamers. Well Gamers do their homework. And Gamers know that in single-tasking (like Gaming) that there isn't enough difference for someone to trade in an XPS m170 for a newer dual core model unless it has better graphics.

The Latitude line is Dell's bread and butter. Companies do not upgrade machines EVERY YEAR. That would create an outrageously high TCO (total cost of ownership) in a company's technology budget. The current Latitude Dx10 line is the highest selling series that Dell has ever had. This means more of their customers upgraded laptops in the past 18 months than previous years. Which means a majority of their customers won't be ready for these machines yet.

Dell makes more money off of the first release sales of a new model than they make off the last release of an old model.

Now that there is a lull in the PC buying market (look at Intel's revenue expectations falling because of low demand) this gives Dell time to slowly release the dual cores in the Inspiron line as a test bed. Any bugs and issues that arise in the Inspiron's can then be fixed before release of an equivilent Latitude model. Dell would rather piss of the consumers than the businesses.

Hell, if you were a business... isn't that how you would do it? I sure would. Sacrifice the few for the many!

when the 7900 comes out the new xps m170v2 will be out.

people need to have patience.

I'd sure like to see the new d820 soon.

Why make a bunch of Duo Core laptops that are past tech in a year when Memron*sp comes out?

I don't really think so. Dell doesn't even produce their own machines; all of them are produced by ODMs in China.

Besides, Latitudes are meant for "stability". Most accesories will still work in the newer models. So there is no reason to not adopt the newer technology.

What I personally think is that intel screwed it up with the newer platform. I've seen reports about bugs in the hardware. I've also heard that Dell still don't have the models finished yet.

Maybe it's just that intel decided to release Yonah too early.

It dosent mean its faster it just means you can do more things at once buddy hence dual core ;-)

That is one of my questions too... and even worse why are sooooo few dells offered with a GPU? Dell at the moment sucks... After returning my Vaio FE i was going to order another 15.4 inch Dell but none of them with a duo core offered a graphics chip... kinda stupid....

whens m170v2 come out?

The V2 is the same as the V1 with an upgraded bios

and its not slated for release until first quarter o7

The only reason I ordered a Dual Core was to get away from my old centrino app switching lag that got pretty annoying, and being a gamer, switching from WOW to a browser was murder sometimes.......

and when the new xps get ready with a 7900 well get our upgrade from go 7800

does that mean i wont see a dual core laptop with a 7800 gtx or 7900 until first quarter 07?

I saw a post on notebookreview.com that had pics of the new D820 / D620, very nice machines that are thinner and lighter than previous models, have the color scheme and styling of the current D410 (silver outside, dark sliver/black inside). Pics were taken down due to NDA issues but they are pretty nice looking machines. Much more security inclined systems than past ones.

eurocom just released a Core Duo laptop with the x1800 XT so its only a matter of time!