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Dell Precision M3800 is "thinnest and lightest workstation ever"

by Mark Tyson on 26 July 2013, 10:00

Tags: Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), PC

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Dell has revealed some tantalising details about its upcoming laptop workstation, the Dell Precision M3800.  Dell says that this laptop is the "world's thinnest and lightest workstation ever" and offers a huge amount of computing power in a slim design. The details released so far don't go into much depth but from what we do know this looks like a highly desirable laptop for creative professionals.

Dell let attendees at the SIGGRAPH show have a quick look at this new laptop workstation, an event where Dell also revealed the UltraSharp 32 Ultra HD monitor. To follow up that reveal Dell has now launched a 'Coming Soon' page for the Precision M3800 Workstation. So what do we know? I've compiled a list of the specs below:

Dell Precision M3800 Workstation specifications:

  • Processor: 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor
  • GPU: NVIDIA® Quadro® graphics
  • Display: vivid QHD+ 3200x1800 pixel display with multi-touch capability
  • Physical dimensions: 18mm thick, weight starting at 2.04Kg
  • Software: Independent Software Vendor (ISV) certification is your assurance that demanding, specialized software runs to its fullest potential.

Casting around further I found a few more details but these are rumours. Other rumoured specs include: a 1TB HDD or a 512GB SSD, 15GB of RAM according to Engadget and four USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, and an SD card reader, 61Wh or 91Wh battery options, but no Ethernet port according to SlashGear.

Helping you "create at the speed of light" perhaps there will be an option to spec the newly announced Nvidia Quadro K5100M GPU, "the new flagship professional graphics solution for workstation notebooks", which we learned about a couple of days ago. So far we know of no laptop makers specifying these new K series mobile GPUs but Dell is an established partner for previous models.

The above video slickly shows the Dell Precision M3800 utilised by design, music, architectural and film professionals. When it is launched the price tag on a M3800 is rumoured to be between US$1,699 and US$1,999.

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Posted by aidanjt - Fri 26 Jul 2013 10:26
If someone started smearing their finger grease over my £2,000 laptop's display they'd have a quare throbbing eye. The touchscreen PC fad needs to hurry up and go the way of stereoscopy, again.
Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 - Fri 26 Jul 2013 10:52
the resolution is redicolous! more then a macbook retina display!
Posted by hahcore - Fri 26 Jul 2013 11:01
Thay should make a gaming version of this
Posted by Saracen - Fri 26 Jul 2013 11:04
aidanjt
If someone started smearing their finger grease over my £2,000 laptop's display they'd have a quare throbbing eye. The touchscreen PC fad needs to hurry up and go the way of stereoscopy, again.
Amen to that.

Also, maybe it's a sign of my age, but personally, I've no interest in a laptop workstation. What I want from a workstation is, for a start, more than a 500GB SSD or 1TB HD, and what I want from a laptop us ultimately just enough power to get the job dobe, the best battery life I can get (and high power doesn't help extend battery life), and minimum weight.

I have hand saws and power saws, hand planes and power planes, and they're different tools for different jobs. As I said, maybe it's my age, but a workstation and a laptop are, for me, for different jobs and I have no interest in a device that is really ideal for neither.

Thus strikes me as a product designed by marketing people, not either engineers or customers. It's great for those that want a posing aid, not a tool, though, and goodness knows, there's enough posing aids in the tech toy field. And poseurs.
Posted by TheAnimus - Fri 26 Jul 2013 11:14
“Creative Professionals” I just read that as tosspots who'd buy a MBP…..

It's an odd device, I think there is a market for freelancers and such, who want a machine they bring, which has everything they use loaded etc. It only needs to be light enough to fit in a bag. This is the desktop replacement market, back 10 years ago, I used to lug round this incredibly heavy laptop, that had about a 30 min battery life, because it had the processing power I needed for the simulations and stuff, matlab was never known for its performance!

As such having things like this on the market does make sense for some. However without thunderbolt, as PCIExpress cardbus died, it isn't much use for me, as I'd want at least two displayports.

The hating on the touchscreen is a bit silly, having it is a good facility for many things, the downside isn't the finger prints or the greese, I always have my cleaning kit ready when using my precious 3008WFPs, it's the fact its glossy. I hate glossy screens when I am trying to work in all environments. I mean seriously finger prints are cured with a quick wipe from the glossy finish. But that glossy finish can never be cured. You can try and put it in to remission, but never cure it. Did I mention I hate glossy?

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