http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/ Engadget Comments for Dell brings next-gen Precision performance to M4500 15.6-incher http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Mar 9th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Mar 10th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/I though the m6500 has USB 3.0 at least this is what it said in customize: Dell Precision M6500 Mobile Workstation for Quad Core Processors w/ USB 3]]>Mar 11th 2010 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Mar 9th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/They look like the same specs to me.]]>Mar 9th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
Exactly the same, except a ThinkPad could smash a Precision...literally.]]>Mar 9th 2010 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Mar 9th 2010 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
You have obviously not owned or used a Precision laptop. It isn't always about specs dude.]]>Mar 9th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
So we'd be talking bout a fujitsu or maybe a toshiba or perhance a Sony then, or the other nameless flame war starting one.

Cause Dell and precision while a snug fit over say HP or it's deformed half brother Compaq hardly stand out in the tuned engineering department compared to Asus or Acer.

Specs I must agree are lame these days. "look i've got a supercomputer", "wow yeah me too", "oh you are both so old school, I've got a supercomputer +5%". -scuffle-]]>Mar 9th 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Mar 9th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/I'm not sure where you get your information from, but Acer is terrible in terms of quality. Asus used to be great, but has since declined a little.
They do NOT match Dell Precision quality. They are the most solid machines I've used.]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/How do they have better specs, pray tell? I'm just curious, because this is a business-oriented workstation laptop. Asus does have business laptops, but there nowhere in the league of this, they're more like ULV business notebooks. And then there multimedia and gaming notebooks while having impressive processors that equal this, do not have the same construction, or the same GPUs, as theirs are designed to run games. These Quadros are designed to run CAD applications.

It's comparing apples and oranges. There is no comparison here between a mobile workstation and what Asus has to offer. As Asus has no mobile workstations.]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Broadcom is not some obscure WiFi manufacturer. They're easily the most commonly found WiFi adapters found in notebooks.

Now Atheros is another story...]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
Asus wank is getting out of control. They do a good specs / perf ratio but every LCD screen is medicore and some have horrible brightness (the 1210N only gets 165cdm2, the average ~220cdm2).

Dell Precisions are great. Not quite a Thinkpad, but you can definitely feel how solid it is, and a HD+ sRGB LED seems like drool for the mobile graphics artist. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/can anyone tell me how powerful the Quadro graphics cards are?]]>Mar 9th 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Graphic-Cards.130.0.html

They are roughly in order of performance and they list some benchmarks for most of the cards.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
They're only good for specific OpenGL apps. They are OK for gaming. IMHO a complete waste of money for 90% of the industry that buys them. CAD software packages are quickly adopting DirectX and making "Workstation" synonymous with "Sucker". A regular gaming card would satisfy most workstation requirements.]]>Mar 9th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Mar 9th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
It doesn't have a keyboard, it transcribes deoublespeak as it's exclusive input method]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/like ur lil ref to 1984 reference]]>Mar 9th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
1) The sound quality on this thing is beyond horrible. If you try to listen to music on Youtube, you'll swear you're hearing extra drum beats because of how badly the sound is getting mangled.

2) The base screen quality is surprisingly bad. If you use any applications with a dark color theme (like Hulu desktop), you'll find that there's no way to angle the screen so that the lighting is even. You'll always have a bright blob of "I must not be in the sweet spot" backlighting, and it's really annoying.

Just thought I'd put that base price in perspective. Other than those 2 things, I'm pretty happy with it, though.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
Dell reviews always mention terrible sound quality. Shameful to pay over 2gs for a laptop that cannot play decent music whilst working.]]>Mar 9th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
My M4400 can't read large SD cards (32GB) but my old ass Vostro has no problem, hell my XPS Gen 2 can read them. The 4400 can read smaller cards though. Perhaps a firmware update is in order...]]>Mar 9th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
Either way, Dell quality is the worst, never dell.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Mar 9th 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
astera li
http://www.mitph.com]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
And yes, lack of USB 3.0 for me is another reason I'll be sitting this one out.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Luckily it's 17" big brother still maintains the deliciously superior 16:10 aspect ratio.]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/
16:10 is not a buzzword. 16:9, however, is a buzzword therefore it MUST be better.]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/Mar 9th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-brings-next-gen-precision-performance-to-m4500-15-6-incher/I love Dell, and would jump on this offering at a much better value proposition. But Dell needs to read the writing on the wall. After a similar configuration to the G73, this computer comes in above $3,000. Totally insane!!! I don't care WHAT you thought of ASUS before - buy a G73 AND a G51 for the price of this single box.]]>Mar 9th 2010 5:48PM