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January 18th, 2011 14:00
Dell laptops w/WiDi?
What current Dell laptops support WiDi? I'm not having much luck searching on the website for this term. I have stumbled on a couple of models that, once you drill down, are "no longer available." At this point it looks like HP is my only choice.
Thanks in advance,
Bill
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ejn63
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January 18th, 2011 14:00
What you need for WIDI:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19356615.aspx
Note that Intel released a new generation of CPUs recently - if you're not in a hurry, just about everything out there now will be replaced with these new CPUs before too long.
bill_cohagan
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January 19th, 2011 07:00
Thanks for the link; however I still don't know what Dell laptop models satisfy these requirements. I suppose I could step through them one at a time, but ...
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ejn63
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January 19th, 2011 08:00
You will have to do that with just about any configurable model -- WIDI requires a system with Intel wireless (which is often optional, not standard), an i3 or i5 CPU for now (i7 coming with sandy bridge). Even some systems like the XPS 14/15/17 that support WIDI in some configuration, do not in others.
Basically, the current first-generation WIDI is a work in progress - it's not really finished. If you must use WIDI, wait for the next generation of notebooks (Sandy Brige), which will work out many of the bugs currently in the first implementation of WIDI that's now available. Like many new technologies, Version 1 is usually for the bleeding edge.
bill_cohagan
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January 20th, 2011 07:00
Thanks for the followup. It does indeed look like Sandy Bridge (and WiDi 2.0) is worth waiting for.