Why has Dell removed the Core i7 options from the Studio 17?

[yacoub]

I just built one last week and now it's gone and all they offer is Core i3 or i5 CPUs. They also don't offer the better GPU they had last week either and while there is still some over-priced, mediocre upgrade available, the default is now Intel integrated graphics. Yuck! wtf Dell. Maybe they're about to refresh the lineup or something?

 

[CurseTheSky]

Either a refresh coming, a part shortage, or problems with heat / power issues. The mobile i7s are known for heating things up fairly bad, even though they seem to have the same TDP as the i5 and i3 parts.