- Oct 17, 2005
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Hi everyone,
Here at work I have an aging Dell Latitude D830 with a 15" 1920x1200 panel and some flavour of Core 2 Duo CPU, plus a slightly newer Dell Latitude E5500 with a 15" 1440x900 panel and a bit better CPU than the D830. I'd like to replace both of them, as they're getting pretty old and cranky.
One of my coworkers recently picked up a Thinkpad W530 and I'm fairly impressed with it, but since Haswell has been announced I don't want to go out and buy what it essentially obsolete hardware (I'll likely be keeping the new machine for 3-5 years so there's no point to start off with something that's already been replaced!). Is there any news on when the Thinkpads will be updated with Haswell CPUs? Are there any products available that are comparable to a 15" Thinkpad that are available with Haswell?
My only major requirements for the machine are that it runs Windows, has a fairly powerful CPU, has at least 3 or 4 USB ports, and is in the 14-16" size class.
Thanks!
Here at work I have an aging Dell Latitude D830 with a 15" 1920x1200 panel and some flavour of Core 2 Duo CPU, plus a slightly newer Dell Latitude E5500 with a 15" 1440x900 panel and a bit better CPU than the D830. I'd like to replace both of them, as they're getting pretty old and cranky.
One of my coworkers recently picked up a Thinkpad W530 and I'm fairly impressed with it, but since Haswell has been announced I don't want to go out and buy what it essentially obsolete hardware (I'll likely be keeping the new machine for 3-5 years so there's no point to start off with something that's already been replaced!). Is there any news on when the Thinkpads will be updated with Haswell CPUs? Are there any products available that are comparable to a 15" Thinkpad that are available with Haswell?
My only major requirements for the machine are that it runs Windows, has a fairly powerful CPU, has at least 3 or 4 USB ports, and is in the 14-16" size class.
Thanks!
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