I9300 release supposedly 2-24-05

I suppose I can put hold onto my I8600 for one more month.

Dell never ships on release date. It always goes into production, boxing etc and is usually a week out on delivery. (longer on newly released systems).

It's anyones guess as to when the 9300 will be released. I certainly wouldn't listen to a tech guy or a sales guy. We'll know when it pops up on the website I guess. Thats how it usually goes with dell. I'm just disapointed it didn't come out @ the launch of sonoma/alviso last week!!!

smack

I E-mail Dell today asking about the release of the 9300, and they sent me back a vary ambiguous E-mail.

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I have been hearing a lot about a new Dell model, the Inspiron 9300, and
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fishpro6 - that is a typical email that dell sends out when you ask about products not yet available. I'm guessing that the i9300 will ship with GeForce 6800 Go with 256mb GDDR3 memory and a boosted core speed compared to the Sager 9860's. It so happens that Sager is shipping the 9860 with that video card in February.

How about some news on something with a more modest 15.4" screen and a top of the line graphics card combined with the new Pentium M processors + chipset?

Why won't they have wsxga+ ... everyone is doing 17" in this res except dell.

nice at least we have a date. im paying off my 8600 tomorrow. can you do that over the phone? thx for the info guys.

cheese

hmm this is very interesting! I have just returned my 9200 as I was not happy with the LCD. If this statement is correct then the 9300 may look very good as the 700m apparently has a gorgeous glossy screen. Somehow though I doubt it very much as it is MUCH easier to use the same screens given how similar the 9200/9300 are in everything else.

That would be great if DELL switches to the more glossy screen type - such as with Sony laptops. I am still psyched to get a I9300 - but realize it may be a while.

Except when you want to use it outside. Then it is useless.

Anyone know if there is some type of antiglare filter for this laptop available? Are others using it outside?

cheers,
jed

im sure nushield will come up with something

wow, this would mean releasing the notebook a month and a half after intel's announcement. so much for leading the pack.

The glossy screens work better than the matte screens outside, too. They are brighter, which is the problem with outside, because of the contrast with the screen brightness and the brightness of big yellow.

Dell rarely leads the pack. They normally wait for a market is profitable before getting into it.

The 'glossy' screen is supposed to be better outside, because it's brighter. I think you guys are confusing glossy with reflective.

And those nushields crap wouldn't help with glare... infact they make it worst, because the plastic is very reflective.

With these options, it looks like the i9200's EOL is gettiing close. At the very least, I would expect the price will drop like a rock. Maybe the i8600 will outlive it.

Maybe it comes with the same crap 17" WUXGA as the i9200