Dell announces Precision M90 and M65 mobile workstations

Dell didn't just announce their new D620 and D820, no, no, sir. They've also got a Precision M90 and M65 for you to sink your teeth into, featuring Core Duo chips (what else?), 512MB Quadro FX graphics, IEEE 1394, an oversized three-inch touchpad, and a 17-inch 1920 x 1200 display on the M90; the M65 (pictured) will get a Quadro FX with TurboCache (no dedicated graphics memory), dual battery option, and a 15.4-inch display. The Precisions, which we haven't heard from a little while, are intended to be a little higher end than your run of the mill Latitudes, though, so expect to pay for the privilege with baseline price tags of $2,239 and $1,849, respectively.

[Via Mobility Site]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2006 9:44AM]

Every new model seems to move more and more thinkpad. Even the trackpoint is re-emerging.

While I'm still Thinkpad-till-death, I look at my new T60 (15") and wish it had the increased resolution and the retina burning brightness of the Dell's.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2006 10:16AM]

Slap lipstick on it and call it pretty!

Trying to make them look like a black ThinkPad isn't going to help. They'll still be junk in a box 1-2 years down the road.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2006 10:23AM]

Hmm ... they issue Dell Precision laptops here at USMA - it appears that mine needs to get fragmented by the time the class of '10 issue comes around ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2006 12:41PM]

No armor? Not interesting...

:D :D :D

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2006 1:35PM]

Correction: The M65 has 256 MB dedicated video memory and an additional 256MB of system memory can be shared depending on availability.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 28th 2007 4:59AM]

Jim, would the board be advertised as 512MB? being the 2 sets of Mem added together? This is what I see on my paper work but the board shows up as 256MB in the settings window.

Pete

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 7th 2006 12:49AM]

The Dell M90 looks and sounds cool. I have to get it for college this fall because it is required that I get the M90 ($2239+ out of my pocket :-( ).

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 28th 2007 4:54AM]

Gents, I have a Dell M65 with NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R) FX350M 512MB Turbo Cache Open GL PCI-E Graphics. However when I look at the board settings in the Nvidia menu it only shows 256MB. If this cause half the mem is shared as per Jim's comment 29thMar2006? Next, I have a SIM slot under my battery, can I use this to connect wirelessly? Do I need to add something or is a driver all I need? Thanks Pete