Anything new coming in the next 4 months?

no one knows for sure, but it is widely specualted that new video cards will be released in february along with the release of windows vista....

Also, santa rosa (the next-gen centrino) will be released in march or april. This will bring a faster FSB, 802.11n, WiMAX, HSDPA, and flash-cache support....

(basically wireless options will be greatly expanded, and your OS and frequently-used apps will load in about 1/2 the time)....

but that's all happening pretty close to the end of your 4 month window... so.... have fun with your decision.... I'm planning to wait till april/may myself.... (My laptop is almost 3 years old now... )

Yea, Intel Pro Mobile (formerly Santa Rosa) and Nvidia Go 8800GTS (rumors) are both possible/likely within the next 4-6 months.

how would that affect on E1705 and XPS M1710?
how much would prices go down do you think?

plus hd-dvd or blue ray players/burners. maybe a player which supports both formats.

Can't wait to see what comes next.

Sounds great to lappy users in about 4 months, I would wait until then, but of course I've moved out of the laptop buying industry, and back into desktops...laptops with technology move to fast for my taste, and are generally non-upgradeable

more rumors:

Demand for Nvidia G80 chips weak as market expects G84 and G86 lineup
http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20061120PD210.html

Concur with the general theme of this post. I have had my laptop for almost 2 1/2 years and am waiting for Santa Rosa, DX10 vid card, Vista, 802.11n... etc. I have been tracking the advancements and think that when the DX10/Vista combo comes out will be the best time to upgrade. Would like to see a Quad core processor, but I don't know if they will be available for a laptop by Q207.

Quad in laptop isn't going to happen before 2h 08.... there is a huge power delta there that has to be overcome first.... (2nd gen 45nm)

Well considering that the Intel Pro platform includes so many new technologies and improvements it'll make Vista seem like you were upgrading from XP SP1 to XP SP2. The advancements are going to be all in the hardware. Vista is just the update to remove all the legacy crap and backwards compatibility that is keeping things so bulky and slow nowadays.

And if you've seen the G80 comparisons - and single card is as powerful as 7900GTX SLI or 1950XT Crossfire combos, for about 60% of the price.

This will mean that the E1705 will have to become an E1706. The number of changes will require additional modifications to the motherboard and video module board designs to accommodate the new device data paths. The biggest change will be in the video modules, because the G80 GPU is 2.5 times the volume of the G71 GPU because of the sheerly massive transistor count. Plus the additional, fatter GDDR3 memory needs room too. So video modules for future top-end laptops will get bigger, which means re-aligning other motherboard components to minimize the space needed and allow proper cooling.

There's just so much coming at us soon as consumers that anyone who's waited this far should wait another 9 months before doing anything. You want to allow everything to come out and let the OEM's make those products first. This is why a mobile G80 will likely be delayed, and also plays a role in the desktop area also. Until Vista and Intel Pro platforms come out, a G80 will be more power than your computer can actually utilize.

It's like anything...................you wait 6 months and get the latest thing only to find out that the new greatest thing is only 6 months away............

But it your old lappie will last 6 months then wait, u will either get a cheap old technology laptop or expensive latest & greatest

"Intel Centrino Pro mobile platform earlier code-named Santa Rosa is projected to be released early in 2007 and it is also highly-likely that its release timeframe will coincide with the launch of Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, e.g., the 30th of January, 2007"
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...113141458.html