Dell Dumps AMD, Launches Intel Penryn-Based Inspiron Laptops
December 29, 2007 – 10:23 am
It’s been only a few days since Dell dropped all the AMD-based systems off its online store, and now plans to introduce several Inspiron laptops built around Intel’s latest 5-nanometer Penryn processors. According to Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden, the new Penryn-powered laptops will kick in during the next few weeks. Dell customers will be able to pick Penryn-based Inspiron 1420, 1525 and 1720 systems in the next few weeks, but only in the United States market. UK availability has not been announced yet. The company spokeswoman also said that Dell will also introduce Intel’s processor to its XPS M1330 for starters, with other XPS notebooks to follow during the spring.
The name that the press has given this case is really worthy of being on the cover of an Agatha Christie novel or at the very least a “Scooby Doo, Where Are You!” episode: “The Canoe Man Mystery”. Oh, the original Scooby Doo, not the one with Scrappy Doo or the other big white hillbilly-yokel type of relative, I forgot his name. By the way, Scrappy’s crappy, just to get the record straight.
