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    I'm officially calling Merom a paper launch...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Greg, Aug 23, 2006.

  1. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Sorry...but it feels like I need to rant about this.

    Merom was released almost a full month ago, and not a single laptop with the chip is currently shipping. Some were announced, others were thought to be upgraded soon, and a few are on pre-order...but no hardware has been seen outside of ES chips.

    My rule of thumb: if we can't buy the product a month after launch, it is nothing but a paper launch.

    Maybe its time to forget upgrading my PC (for the CPU and GPU), and instead get an XBOX 360...
     
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    you are mistaken in my opinion. Merom was not released one month ago. The thing that was released is Conroe.
     
    irfan, Aug 23, 2006
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    It has had the end of August release date for the past 6-10 months. The only thing sooner were the desktop and server line chips.
     
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    From my understanding, they also announced Merom...?
     
    Greg, Aug 23, 2006
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    Annouced, gave road map, but not released. Its had a deadline of late august for full release, and they have been shipping it to pc makers for a month or 2 now.
     
    dietcokefiend, Aug 23, 2006
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    waiting sux period
     
    ucdoc, Aug 23, 2006
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    Good things come to those who wait. End of August is the earliest possible date the Core 2 will be available, but you'll probably be waiting longer than that - it takes time for the manufacturers to adopt it, then build and ship it to you.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 23, 2006
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    End of August is the initial shipment date, with the processors being available in bulk at the end of September, if I'm not mistaken...
     
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    Announced, yeah.
    and I guess you could say they released it too. To notebook manufacturers.And you can bet your ass they've shipped tons of the things to notebook manufacturers by now, so it's not a paper launch. But then the manufacturers take a while to integrate them into their notebooks, test that everything works, come up with fancy marketing names, update their websites and so on... ;)

    It's not like with desktop hardware where anyone can go buy the thing in stores the day after it's released.
     
    Jalf, Aug 23, 2006
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