anyone think the notebooks are due a refresh ?

I think he meant too say AND....not AMD ....e-series and precision m

 

No, I think he did mean AMD.

 

Yeah, I meant AMD--the "Vision" stuff. Sorry, I don't follow AMD closely enough to know the exact dates, and don't think Dell uses AMD in notebooks anyway.

 

I was referring to the OP....he mentioned e series amd precision series which indeed do not exist.

 

You're right on that, should have quoted the OP too

 

Back on topic: The only features I'd like to see are not enough for a refresh:

- 2.5'' HDD caddy for the modular bay (already available from www.newmodeus.com)
- standardized fingerprint reader that works with Firefox, Windows 7, etc
- 1680x1050 screens for the 15-inch laptops
- Precision M2400 and M4400 with lids similar to the E6400 and E6500 or the M6400
- switchable graphics (perhaps not available with professional Nvidia GPUs)

 

has anyone seen engadget today ? thats the studioxps line getting a refresh with the core i7 platform

how long till the business models are updated ....

 

Refer to my first reply to your OP.

 

Probably a little while still. It seems to me that business-line computers are slower to adopt new technology than their consumer counterparts.

 

As sgogeta4 said, the Latitude E series will be refreshed in Feb/March 2010 when Arrandale is released. Most likely as E4210, E4310, E6410, E6510, etc.

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