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    9300 and its successor

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ogando_jose, Nov 28, 2005.

  1. ogando_jose

    ogando_jose Notebook Consultant

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    Hi!

    I really like dell 9300, and i needed a new notebook, well, i will need it for college. My question is if i should wait to dell's 9300 successor.... do you think it will be released next year? Something like 9500 but with a 7800 or something? is there any common season laptops are released?

    Thanks!
     
    ogando_jose, Nov 28, 2005
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  2. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    you should buy what you need when you need it. if you can wait, there will always be something better around the corner. however, if you keep waiting, you will never actually get anything.
     
    drumfu, Nov 28, 2005
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  3. pwillie

    pwillie Notebook Consultant

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    i think what he means is will the predeccer be out soon.
     
    pwillie, Nov 29, 2005
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  4. nickspohn

    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    No, thats the one thing he doesnt know and he is not saying. Only certian people may know on this site.
    I really have the same thing has drumfu does.

    Nick
     
    nickspohn, Nov 29, 2005
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  5. ogando_jose

    ogando_jose Notebook Consultant

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    Yea, thats my question, if 9300 successor wil be out soon, i mean, an internaitional laptop (xps laptops are not available here) with a gaming vid card, 17', and so on
     
    ogando_jose, Nov 29, 2005
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    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Dont count on anything new soon. They just came out with the XPS line not to long ago and the 710M. You best bet is to get a 9300 now.
     
    nickspohn, Nov 29, 2005
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  7. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Agreed - if you need a notebook, then get it. The Go6800 is still at the very high end of graphics cards right now, and the Pentium M will carry you for many years.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 29, 2005
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  8. LuckMC11

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    yup..couldn't have said it better!!
     
    LuckMC11, Dec 2, 2005
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  9. kingjimmi

    kingjimmi Notebook Consultant

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    I'm gonna look into my crystal ball and predict that even if Dell refreshes it's model line they will look pretty much exactly the same except you'll have an express card slot vs. the pcmcia slot you got now plus all the components will be in line with current specs of the future(which means faster and better than they are now)

    Is it worth the wait for the express card slot? Probably not if you need the laptop right now. If you really don't need the laptop now . . . as in you'll want to have one for Fall of next year when school season starts up I'd wait. What all the above posters say is true, if you need it now, get it now. But if you need one for when college starts and you want to keep it for all four years, then I'd buy it a year from now when you will need it. Cause like all the above posters say technology marches on. You'll get more for your money in the future.

    This is assuming of course that you have a current machine(you must right? you're posting to this forum on something) In which case wait if you can live with what you have now for a little while longer.
     
    kingjimmi, Dec 2, 2005
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