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Hmm....]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/but excellent use of the word. you get a gold star.]]>Oct 17th 2008 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
oh, it's a Dell

Nice machine!

(lol)]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
The 15" MBP with 2.8Ghz, 320GB HD @ 7200, 4GB DDR3 is $2,849
The Dell, with 2.8GHz, 320GB HD @ 7200, add Bluetooth, 802.11n, Vista Ultimate, is $4,792.

The Dell has RAID, room for dual drives, a better video card, e-sata port, 17" display, and a 64 bit architecture, but I'm not sure those additions are worth almost $2,000 more. I'd love to have one, but I'd rather have a kick ass server *and* a MBP.

If this was, say, $3,000, then maybe, but it really does seem quite expensive for what Dell is giving you. This is way beyond Apple expensive, this is holy freaking Christ expensive.
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While the rest of the specs are comparable, keep in mind that you're buying a 1GB QUADRO video card. The drivers for these cards go through a much more rigorous testing and certification for high level CAD programs. Quadro cards, while similar specs to consumer cards, regularly sell for 3-4 times the cost of standard cards, just for this driver stability alone.

A similar quadro card for a desktop retails for $2,000. That's where your price difference is coming from.]]>Oct 17th 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
@Steve, I did not know that. The most expensive Quadro FX 3700 I could find is $900, but that plus RAID, etc. I guess you're getting close to $4500 at that point.

I guess I'm wondering what the market for these is. Not being facetious, I would like to know who would buy these (and can actually afford them) and for what specific purpose.

I wish I needed one...]]>Oct 17th 2008 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
All these things on the Mac are worthless, since the max RAM that you can add on MBP is 4GB. This Dell allows you to expand till 16GB. 4GB RAM is now a common thing on most consumer portables while Pros are now looking for 8GB or higher.
But I agree, it's not worth the extra grand.]]>Oct 17th 2008 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/(all at the same time, that is.)]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
64bit version
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/workstation-precision-m6400-cov?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&~oid=us~en~4~workstation-precision-m6400-cov_anav2~~]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Thanks! Didn't see that option. Holy shit! That's the price of a MacBook Pro, just for the ram! ]]>Oct 18th 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/remember this is a workstation, it's not meant for joe the plumber :-P

]]>Oct 19th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
Apple creates beauty.]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
are we still talking about computers?

disclosure: i live in los angeles. =P]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
Congratulations son, you're officially flamed for down voting a positive comment about Apple.

I mark you as a hypocrite.

FANBOYS EVERYWHERE. ATTACK!]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 18th 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
I think it's a ploy to get people to buy the high-end config, and therefore more bang-for-their-buck. Apple do the same thing.]]>Oct 19th 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
For games like Crysis, Far Cry 2...etc, is a 2X 512 9800M GTX better or this NVIDIA's 1GB Quadro FX 3700M GPU?

I'm not talking Photoshop, graphics, HD video...etc, I'm talking games.... which card is better?]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 18th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
Plus, what's this obsession with orange? First the Gateway, then Asus, and now the Dell....

The 17" LED is very nice, though. A first?]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acers-g24-gaming-monitor-with-worlds-best-contrast/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/acers-aspire-predator-gaming-pc-gets-previewed/

I still think the following quote is true: "All engineered to standards that don’t even exist yet." (from Apple)

Bring me a Kool-Aid!]]>Oct 17th 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.acer.com/predator/
I did and last night I busted out the McGauire (dang thing is shining). Oh yea, my girlfriend shook her head and said she is never giving “it” to me again, then called me a nerd ;^(...]]>Oct 17th 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/And those of you who ask why 16GB it is were possible, this is a workstation laptop not a gaming, anyone working with CAD, digital imaging, simulations, photo processing can easily reach over 4GB. ]]>Oct 17th 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
hell my xps 1530 with the latest bios update (and x64 vista) and have up to 6gb (4gb + 2gb)

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=295500]]>Oct 17th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/
It has features MBPs can only dream of. But the real reason the price is so high is due to the RGB LED display. I believe it's still a TN WUXGA (1920x1200) panel, but covers over 100% of the Adobe 1998 gamut or something. IT'S ALSO MATTE!!! So that adds to the insane price. Giving this machine to Joe the Plumber is like giving him a bulldozer when he only needs a spoon.]]>Oct 17th 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/dell-lets-loose-precision-m6400-covet-mobile-workstation/Oct 17th 2008 5:01PM