Who is buying a HP DV9000Z Monday?

How do you know that it's available on monday?

Care to share a link? I haven't been able to find any info on availability. In fact, an HP rep told me this week that HP never tells them when new products are released, when I asked about the dv9000z.

i've been looking for a laptop also, and while I think the dv8000t is PERFECT for me, I learned of Merom and now i'm waiting.

it's nice to know that I can at least know that it might come out soon!

will the z be another AMD processor, or is that the laptop that will have Merom? or maybe the dv9000t will come out at the same time with Merom? I'm dying to know, I want my laptop soooooooo bad and i've got the money all lined up so the moment that Merom comes out in a dv8000t-variant, i'm grabbing it!
EDIT: the dv9000z will have the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor. dv9000t will have Merom, but it's coming out later this month or early next month... HP's site has one place that mentions both the dv9000t and dv9000z, and it's a rebate or coupon or something (it says it is valid for those laptops) so at least we know for sure that they DO exist, and I'm sure the z is coming out monday, but i'm DEFINITELY waiting for the dv9000t.

if it doesn't come out soon, i'm going to explode or go crazy!

Okay, uh.... it's Monday, and look at that - no dv9000.
So now we continue waiting. Ugh.

Even though I'm not actually buying the dv9000z, I'm looking forward to seeing the options that come with it. I can look forward to better options in the dv9000t that I'm buying

link please

can you stick a link up here please? thanks

OK, I called HP earlier today;

I was told that the dv9000 has been delayed due to technical reasons. As I pressed further, I was able to get the sales rep to ask a supervisor. And the response is that HP is still trying to integrate certain consumer level features into the final specs of certain configurations that will be available with the dv9000z at release, including the HDMI port.

Ok... From a new release I read from Nividia a few weeks ago on the 7600 series Nivida GPU the "code" is already embedded within the chip... all that is needed is the module /chip to insert a HDCP signal into the data stream to make it HDMI.

DVI+HDCP=HDMI
What is HDCP?
A simple answer is that an HDCP session will result in the exchange of keys between the source and display device. The source device will query the display to make sure that the equipment is HDCP compliant before video is shown. Non-HDCP devices such as PC's and older model DVI products will work with any DVI compliant display, but the HDCP compliant boxes will show an image only on HDCP compliant display.
Other products affected by HDCP are scalers, switchers, and splitters (distribution amps). While these devices do no authentication for key exchange, they must be able to transmit the presence of HDCP if the video is handled (processed) in any way. Due to the two different formats of digital connections, occasional inability for proper communications may result in loss of interoperability. The newer format, HDMI was designed to be backwards compatible with DVI and in most instances, the two signal types are easily adaptable, but older devices may not always work well with in-line devices like scalers or switchers. These problems can sometimes be fixed in "firmware' although that is not always the case. Incompatibility is often displays on-screen as a snowy image or an error message.
http://www.digitalconnection.com/FAQ/HDTV_12.asp

My dv9000z ships 8/24!!!

I'm waiting for the dv9000t. It should be out around the end of this month or the beginning of September. I would much rather get a Core 2 Duo than a Turion 64 X2...

what are the main differences between the 8000 and 9000?

New case style, better processors, HDMI port. (might be more differences)
Less hard drive choices (no 7200rpm - yet), slightly more expensive

Not really sure about the z side of things, but the 8000t has core duo, and the 9000t will have core 2 duo (codename Merom). Core 2 is faster, more efficient, and uses less battery power, not to mention it's 64-bit (core duo is 32-bit). That reason alone is reason enough for me to be waiting...

Everything Ricky said is correct except that the dv9000t will definitely have the Core 2 Duo processors available at launch. While I would say the inclusion of Core 2 Duo is a safe and logical assumption, HP has yet to make any official announcement regarding this. So while there’s a good chance that the dv9000t will release with the Core 2 Duo, no one can say it will with 100% certainity.

Well, it's pretty much 98% certainty... HP already has plenty of Core Duo laptops, plus why would they wait til after the Core 2 launch to release another laptop that is outdated at release? lol.

So the only logical conclusion is that the laptop will be Core 2 Duo...And if it's not, I'll be mad

Here’s what we know: Right now consumers have no idea when Core 2 Duo (Merom) will be launched, keep in mind that Core 2 Duo (Merom) has been announced not launched, the consensus guess seems to be the end August or the beginning of September. I am pretty sure that the Core 2 Duo processor is going to be using the same motherboard at the Core Duo, right?

So what if the dv9000t comes out in the next two weeks before Core 2 Duo (Merom) is released? Are they going to ship them without processors or are they going to put in Core Duos? What if HP decides to allocate their first several shipments of Core 2 Duo (Merom) to their business line limiting Core 2 Duo availability to the consumer line for awhile?

I am just saying that since there isn’t any official information about the dv9000t it may be a bit premature to say the specs will definitely be this or that. I do agree with you that eventually the dv9000t will have Core 2 Duo, but I can’t say for certain that it will have Merom on the first day the dv9000t is available for sale, but I hope it does, because every night I have to spend staring at Excel on the 14” display of my current notebook, drives me once step closer to insanity.

Is anyone else concerned that the dv9000t may not be released for awhile? HP released information about the dv9000z about 5 or 6 weeks before it became available, if they follow that same pattern for the dv9000t it won’t be available until the end of September if HP announces it this week. On the plus side though every week that they delay announcing the dv9000t adds to the chance it will be available with Core 2 Duo.

Well I think that HP is probably delaying until the Core 2 Duo comes out, and while it's likely that the dv9000t will have the option of a lower processor - Core Duo or Core Solo - I think the Core 2 Duo will be the majority of the processor selections. I mean, they already have every other piece of hardware - the dv9000z seems to be the design that will be used in the dv9000t - so why else would they delay its release? It's all planned out, and if they had the processor then they would go ahead and release it.

No, I think they have already released enough Core Duo notebooks and I really think this will be the first of their Core 2 Duo notebooks. However I'm not concerned that it won't be released for a while. I think you have it changed around; the business class are usually the more stable computers, and as such they wait until things have been released and declared 100% bug-free until they put it in a business class. This is so that the business people don't lose their data from crashes and stuff, I guess. Of course, maybe I've got it all wrong but I did some research recently because I didn't know the difference, and that's what I found out.

So anyway, I plan on checking HP.com every day (as I have been) and as soon as the dv9000t comes out, I'll get it.

They might release it with the option to choose either chip, since only a bios update is needed for the Core Duo 2. I would think that it wouldn't be that hard to use (1) bios , bios auto-detects cpu and customer spec's out which chip he/she wants.

(some people wanting to save a few bucks)