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Dell has non-existent Intel processors
CHIPMAKER Intel's high end quad-core Core i7 QM mobile processors are getting another airing thanks to Dell despite not having been officially announced yet.
The Intel quad-core Core i7-740QM and Core i7-840QM chips have been spotted on Dell's US online store as configurable options for laptops. Click on "personalise my Dell" and the "select a processor" tab has two options to choose either a Core i7-740QM or Core i7-840QM from the menu.
Dell is selling its non-existent Intel Core i7-740QM for £57, bizarrely cheaper than the £62 for the previous Core i7-720QM. At £474, the Core i7-840QM is more expensive than the £428 for the earlier Core i7-820QM. With the huge price differentials and higher cost for an older processor, we reckon Dell's price list is off the mark.
Dell lists the Core i7-740QM as running at 1.73GHz with four cores and eight threads, including a 6MB cache and turbo boost up to 2.93Ghz. The more powerful Core i7-840QM runs at 1.86GHz with four cores and eight threads, an 8MB cache and 3.2GHz turbo boost.
Someone at Dell might be in trouble for putting that information up. We're guessing they'll be getting the same treatment someone at HP went through last week. We reported that HP's high-end Envy laptops were publicised as offering a Core i7-740QM or Core i7-840QM processor.
Both sightings report exactly the same specifications so they must be onto something. µ
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The link in the article goes to Dell's Singapore site, not the US site. Interesting that a Studio 14 goes for $1699 over there, though.
Well since there was that leak about the 480M GPU Dell and HP had to get a little free advertising of their own, and what better way to do it than with the upcoming mobile CPUs.
In any case, it'll be more surprising to me if Dell finally puts in current-generation mobile GPUs into the laptops with these processors. Right now the 5450 and 5650 are the only DX11 GPUs in their entire mobile lineup, and those are only offered on select models.
Just the same, it'll be pretty amusing to see them keep raking in the dough by flogging the outdated 4-series CPUs alongside current-gen Intel processors. Just another sign Dell is out of touch with it's customers and more concerned about profit than offering the current technology.