(06-May-2016, 16:20)ozthepoz Wrote:(06-May-2016, 13:38)Sesondhe Wrote: Just been to a devialet store, because of a few questions about the trade-in program and the d200. Obviously I also tried to get news from the salesperson about the upcoming release. Here's what I heard about the expert line:
- there's a new d1000 coming up soon. Whether this will come as a software update or hardware upgrade of the 800 or entirely new hardware he did not tell, but apparently it is going to be a dual setup.
- it's 'likely' that the release also contains a new firmware for all lines
- when asking about timeline he referred to the next 2 weeks.
My guess is new hardware - the sales guy that I spoke to in Paris recently mentioned something about leveraging the new motherboard they developed for the O d'A.
Hope I'm wrong, as I'd love to get a power uplift from the firmware, but my guess is a further iteration of the O d'A, but less "exclusive".
If it's the minor upgrades introduced in the O d'A, I wouldn't be to concerned as an existing expert owner.
Now if they do a hardware upgrade to the digital side of things as well that would cause some wallets to want to open. I still think to fix Air it's going to take a hardware upgrade, no driver takes 2 years to fix. Not even ATI takes that long to fix a driver.
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