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Link to new Dell 6000 (with Sonoma) Pentium M Centrino

Jan 19, 2005 9:46AM PST

Give Credit to Dell for getting the 6000 launched when the Intel Sonoma Centrino upgrade was announced.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/2x_inspn6000?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

If you want dedicated video you have to wait but this notebook has 10% off for those of you who can't wait and it has the faster bus, the improved PCI Express integrated video, the upgraded wi-fi, the faster system RAM, etc right now.

HP/Compaq has nothing available and I am not sure of others but the Dell 6000 is the only model mentioned so far in the Cnet article posted today 1/19/05

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The adrenaline is flowing now for Sonoma...
Jan 19, 2005 9:48AM PST

Note that the lowest Full Pentium M (Dothan) cpu they offer is the 730 1.6 Pentium M Dothan which is your indication you have a new Sonoma spec Centrino. Prior Pentium M's with the Dothan 1.6 have this as the 725 -- thus if you see a 5 at the end it is the old if you have a 0 at the end it is the new...

Also, the new standard is 533mhz for the bus speed while the old busses were 400mhz.

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PCI-Express Integrated Video?
Jan 19, 2005 10:15AM PST

Are you sure that the integrated video is on the PCI-Express Bus? From what I read, it uses the CPU, which I guess would be the system bus, not the PCI-Express bus . . . but I could be wrong. . .

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2 Sonoma chipsets but integrated video has more bandwidth
Jan 19, 2005 11:02AM PST

It mentions in the Cnet article link above that the integrated video has more bandwidth so it definitely will reduce choppy video but it also mentions there will be actually 2 chipset versions -- one for the new integrated video and one for the dedicated video options and it specifically mentions the ATI X600 solution.

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Sonoma article again-- Dell 6000 to add dedicated video soon
Jan 19, 2005 11:09AM PST