Leak Sheds Light on HP Maiden Ultra-Portable, Core i7 Notebooks
Leak Sheds Light on HP Maiden Ultra-Portable, Core i7 Notebooks
Posted 09/08/2009 at 5:21am
| by Paul Lilly
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Curiosity may have killed the cat, but so what, they have 9 lives anyway. And because of some curious folks who did some digging on HP's website, we now know what the OEM has in store for its fall notebook lineup, and it starts with a Core i7 laptop.
Dubbed the dv8, HP's 18.4-inch desktop replacement will be one of the first portable PCs to use Intel's mobile Core i7 processor (we've seen Core i7 notebooks before, but none that have used the mobile variant). The quad-core chip will come clocked at 1.6GHz and be able to scale up to 2.8GHz when ramping down one or more cores. It's also likely the system will ship with a 4GB of RAM, 640GB of storage, and a Blu-ray drive.
On the other end of the mobile spectrum, HP will also launch a pair of CULV-based notebooks in the form of the 11.6-inch Pavilion dm1 and 13.3-inch dm3. The former will sport 2GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive, while the latter beefs things up with 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive.
Other upcoming models include an updated Voodoo Envy 15 and an Ion-based Compaq Mini 311c.
Image Credit: HP via electronista.com
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bigassmangina
September 08, 2009 at 9:23pm
not all noteboks are integrated graphics.... some have discrete
nekollx
September 09, 2009 at 8:43am
common misconception
No laptop has discrete graphics. Not one. If you gts 9400 blows you have to replace the entire motherboard since they are sodered together. But people often call nvidea and ati chips as "descrete" when they aren't.
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xxnasdaqxx
November 06, 2009 at 1:35pm
The common misconception is that people that pretend to know a thing or two and make false comments on topics they don’t know a thing about.
Example: look up the key word term, “MALX” on ebay. This was an alienware laptop model; you will see 2x 512mb discrete 7900GTX video cards for sale pulled from a working laptop. If you buy the low end system yes they tend to be integrated. However there are a number of laptops now on the market which offer one or the other. Typically the higher end systems can sway either way, look into what your buying before your purchase if this is a deciding factor for you. Years ago laptops were all integrated and you would have to replace the board, however things now have changed and the technology has grown. Try to keep up.
nekollx
November 06, 2009 at 4:25pm
i have a "discreet" laptop but its not really, not like a desktop, their is a ncidea "card" but it's sodered to the board, if it dies you can pull it out and replace it like a desktop, you need to replace the who mother board.
i should know, i had to replace my 3 times.
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burntjuggalas
September 08, 2009 at 6:25am
Whats the GPU on the i7 notebook? integrated or discrete? since its speculated it should have a blu-ray i'd think it'd HAVe to have a discrete graphics or itll just croak at the first video >P
Caboose
September 08, 2009 at 8:21am
[quote]Whats the GPU on the i7 notebook? integrated or discrete? since its
speculated it should have a blu-ray i'd think it'd HAVe to have a
discrete graphics or itll just croak at the first video[/quote]That I have to disagree with. In my HTPC, I have a motherboard that has an integrated ATI Radeon HD 3200, and I watch all kinds of Blu-Ray and other HD conten. Works beautifully! No hicups or issues at all. And it plays at 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz on my 42" Sharp Aquos LCD HDTV. Now, maybe because it's an ATI integrated graphics solution that it works well. If the HP uses an Intel integrated graphics solution then I could see issues (and same with nVidia from what I've heard... not just overheating GPU's).
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nekollx
September 08, 2009 at 10:22am
ALL laptops use intergrated GPUs. So the statement is kind of flawed. What makes a good gaming machine is ifthe intergrated GPU is a intel graphics processor or a intergrated variant of a discreet card
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Caboose
November 06, 2009 at 6:49pm
Intel makes CRAP integrated graphics cards. CRAPPITY CRAP CRAP! If you want a decent IGP, go with an ATI, or nVidia. They know how to make graphics adapters. If you have an Intel IGP in your laptop, good luck playing any sort of game with decent visual settings!
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nekollx
November 09, 2009 at 10:14am
again mine is a g8400gs
But it's not Dedicated, its still a IGP
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Coming soon to Lulu.com --Tokusatsu Heroes--
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Caboose
November 09, 2009 at 12:14pm
*sigh*
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