Dell offers glimpse of monster quad-core laptop
No compromise spec, apparently
Dell revealed its first quad-core notebook yesterday, a 17in monster that'll appear as part of its Precision mobile workstation line once Intel gets its four-core laptop chips out the door.
You'll have to wait until the autumn, the chip giant admitted, but it's likely to find a fair few folk will given the tantalising glimpses it's given of the beast's specs.
All Dell's revealing of its quad-core laptop
In addition to the first mobile quad-core CPU, the machine - dubbed the M6400 - will support up to 16GB of main memory - and 1GB for the on-board but unnamed GPU. Or GPUs - multiple components seem the name of the game here: it'll also take a pair of hard drives with a total capacity of 1TB.
The machine will drive a pair of 30in monitors, but its own screen is no fall-back. The 17in edge-to-edge panel is LED backlit and will deliver a full RGB colour gamut, Dell pledged. DisplayPort connectors come as standard.
There's a cute iPod-style clickwheel next to the trackpad to help out with video editing and the like.
Finally, the system sports a flame orange casing - black'll be available for more conservative buyers - that wraps the workstation in colour.
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Lenovo have one too
ThinkPad W700 with quad core, 17" high gamut display, built in wacom pen pad, option for 2x 200gb HD (can be RAID, and/or one can be flash I think), Quadro FX graphics (up to 1gb), Blu-Ray option, etc.
For photographers supposedly.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08081204thinkpad.asp
Very tempting.
@amfM Calling Michael Dell re Colouring IT with Shells of Orange Apps.
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So, which came first, the Dell or the Lenovo?
Sounds a lot like the recently announced Lenovo W700.
If they really want to beat Lenovo at their own game, all they need to do is make the display a Wacom Cintiq. Hint, hint.
it aint a gaming laptop
"If you're serious about gaming, get a ruddy desktop."
It's a workstation, it's part of Dell's corporate range, it's not aimed at gamers.
