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Talked to dell 2 day, about the 9300!

post #1 of 82
1/25/05 at 12:15pm
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The 9300 will be out very soon, they are doing the last mods now. Then off to produktion.

Maybe we can order in late FEB.
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post #2 of 82
1/25/05 at 12:18pm
I know you're all excited about the 9300, I'm really anxious to see it as well. But you guys don't need to keep starting new threads all addressing the debut date of the 9300.

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post #3 of 82
1/25/05 at 12:19pm
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I know... but i know it will be here in FEB...
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post #4 of 82
1/25/05 at 12:22pm
That what you think, but I'm betting it'll be out when Dell is damn well ready, kind of pointless post here, everyone needs to relax a little bit
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post #5 of 82
1/25/05 at 12:24pm
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It will be FEB.... small office etc has allready put out there order.... He confirmed that.
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post #6 of 82
1/25/05 at 1:43pm
I wonder about all these "insider" comments about the 9300. Dell usually says nothing at all about new products until they post them on their site for sale. To do otherwise would undermine sales of other notebooks. Anybody around here interested in buying a 9200 knowing that a better version will be out in a month for the same price?

I think you guys are making it all up.
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post #7 of 82
1/25/05 at 1:48pm
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Originally Posted by sonicwind
To do otherwise would undermine sales of other notebooks. Anybody around here interested in buying a 9200 knowing that a better version will be out in a month for the same price?

I think you guys are making it all up.

exactly.
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post #8 of 82
1/25/05 at 1:57pm
Uh... Dell demo'd the next "XPS" laptop based on the Go6800 chip at CES. It's not like Dell is hiding anything. Even then they were telling people February time frame. Granted, if Dell slips into March... no problem.

Just think of all the people who bought desktop chipsets and processors in a laptop because they couldn't wait a couple of months for Sonoma. It's not unreasonable for someone to buy a 9200... esp. since it is very likely that Dell will start discounting them as the release date approaches for the 9300 (or whatever it will be called).
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post #9 of 82
1/25/05 at 2:01pm

good news

my Lap Top is beter then yours.......................
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post #10 of 82
1/25/05 at 2:02pm
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they will not ship in FEB, but you can start order in europe anyway...
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post #11 of 82
1/25/05 at 2:06pm

How is it going

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Originally Posted by j0k3r
I know... but i know it will be here in FEB...
Hay my Lap Top is beter than yours...............
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post #12 of 82
1/25/05 at 2:06pm
Hay my Lap Top is beter than yours........................
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post #13 of 82
1/25/05 at 2:08pm
I am really sorry guys, some friends of mine at school got hold of my laptop, sorry about that
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post #14 of 82
1/25/05 at 2:25pm
Some of you guys are acting like little brats on xmas eve over this..sheesh. Repeat after me: the 9300 is just another laptop. Like all technology it will be outdated after 6 months. Thus no need to lose sleep over it.
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post #15 of 82
1/25/05 at 2:30pm
9200 on Dell site now has $300 off. Which is up from the 15% off (about $240 off a $1600) Its only an extra $60 but looks like more and looks are what count to most consumers.

I would say this is evedince of two things.

1. Dell is incentivising people to buy a 9200 now and not wait. (those in the know of 9300)
2. Dell is incentivising pricing to clear out inventory. (those who are in the market now)
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post #16 of 82
1/25/05 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by DaddyOf2Girls
9200 on Dell site now has $300 off. Which is up from the 15% off (about $240 off a $1600) Its only an extra $60 but looks like more and looks are what count to most consumers.

I would say this is evedince of two things.

1. Dell is incentivising people to buy a 9200 now and not wait. (those in the know of 9300)
2. Dell is incentivising pricing to clear out inventory. (those who are in the market now)

Yah i think so 2.... the 6000 is out in us... but not here in europe... so maybe 9300 gonna be first in the us also.
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post #17 of 82
1/25/05 at 3:33pm
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Originally Posted by cjcox
Uh... Dell demo'd the next "XPS" laptop based on the Go6800 chip at CES. It's not like Dell is hiding anything. Even then they were telling people February time frame. Granted, if Dell slips into March... no problem.

Just think of all the people who bought desktop chipsets and processors in a laptop because they couldn't wait a couple of months for Sonoma. It's not unreasonable for someone to buy a 9200... esp. since it is very likely that Dell will start discounting them as the release date approaches for the 9300 (or whatever it will be called).

Really. I didn't know that Dell demonstrated the next XPS at CES. Are there any web publications that show it? And are you implying that the new XPS will be released in February with Pentium M parts rather than desktop parts?
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post #18 of 82
1/25/05 at 4:23pm
No pictures but here's the scoop from an nvidia source

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20905

and a quote from this article...

"It's interesting that Dell is still quiet about its XPS PCIe designs. Nvidia said that Dell revealed the PCIe version of Dell XPS based on Geforce Go 6800 back at the Consumer Electronics Show. It's still not here but it should be coming in February, March. We checked Dell's site and can confirm that Dell XBS uses only ATI Mobility 9700 and Mobility 9800 chips, there's no Nvidia design in this AGP XPS design, yet. We are sure that Dell has one XPS with ATI X800 Mobility core inside but Dell was always very conservative about talking about its unannounced products."
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post #19 of 82
1/25/05 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by DaddyOf2Girls
9200 on Dell site now has $300 off. Which is up from the 15% off (about $240 off a $1600) Its only an extra $60 but looks like more and looks are what count to most consumers.

I would say this is evedince of two things.

1. Dell is incentivising people to buy a 9200 now and not wait. (those in the know of 9300)
2. Dell is incentivising pricing to clear out inventory. (those who are in the market now)

Dell keeps a very small inventory, theres no point in keeping a warehouse stocked just to have all your inventory become outdated by something new.
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post #20 of 82
1/25/05 at 5:04pm
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Originally Posted by DaddyOf2Girls
9200 on Dell site now has $300 off. Which is up from the 15% off (about $240 off a $1600) Its only an extra $60 but looks like more and looks are what count to most consumers.

I would say this is evedince of two things.

1. Dell is incentives people to buy a 9200 now and not wait. (those in the know of 9300)
2. Dell is incentivising pricing to clear out inventory. (those who are in the market now)
I bought my i9200 3 weeks ago, and am checking prices every couple days.
End price never changes. O.K, yes it has gone down $40 after coupons and discounts at one point, but I wouldn't call that any clear out incentives.

December 30th paid end price of $1478 after $250 instant discount for 1.8GHz (added $100 to base price), 60 gig(free upgrade from 40 gig), 512 meg (free upgrade from 256meg), and 1350 wireless (added $29 to base price), free shipping. Today same thing is $1448.

They are not clearing out the i9200. Why would they?
The same i9200 could still sell to many for $1450 even after the $2000 for entry level i9300 comes out. When they start dropping the price of i9300, then you will see clearance prices on the i9200. Who says the i9300 has to be a replacement for the i9200? Why not offer both?

If I could exchange my i9200 for a i9300 with at least same performance specs, and only have to add in $300, I still would not do it. Technically, the i9200 was $400 over my planned budget of $1000, but I couldn't resist 17" performance laptop. $1800 not gonna happen, and I doubt it would start off that low anyhow. Many will gladly choose the i9200 over the i9300 if that's all they can afford.
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