Review Dell Precision M4800 Notebook
Setting standards. Dell’s former Precision M4700 maintained its top position in our workstation ranking for a year. Now its successor is available and faces extremely high expectations. We exhaustively tested whether it really can live up to them.
Tobias Winkler , ✓ Tanja Hinum (translated by Liala Stieglitz), Published 10/25/2013 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 . 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇺 🇸🇪
For the original German review, see here.
Dell’s portable Precision workstations exhibited their qualities several times in the last model year. Besides their high-quality build, good configuration, and upgrade options, it was particularly their high performance fused with low operating noise that was impressive. The casing has been adopted but the innards have been updated.
In addition to Intel’s Core i7-4900MQ CPU and Nvidia’s latest Quadro K2100M pro graphics, it is primarily the extremely high-resolution QHD+ screen that stands out. It offers an especially big desktop owing to 3200×1800 pixels. This blaze of performance almost lets the 16 GB of working memory and the large 256 GB solid state drive fade into the background. However, the present Dell Precision M4800 workstation is not a bargain with a current price of approx. 2850 Euros (~$3931, gross) and will likely only come into question for very aspiring home users besides the targeted professional user group.
Case
The casing of Dell’s Precision M4800 uses virtually the same chassis as from the three former generations. The applied materials still make a good impression and provide a quality-looking exterior. The rock-solid 15-inch Precision barely exhibits any weaknesses and features an impeccable build. The wrist rest is firm, the keyboard does not yield and the stiffness of the base unit and display lid are above-average. Only the area above the ExpressCard slot can be dented marginally. Dell’s engineers take a high weight of approx. 3.2 kg into account to achieve this overall great stability. Lenovo’s ThinkPad W530 is roughly 400 grams lighter with 2.8 kilograms. Dell has announced an alternative mobile workstation in ultrabook size to be launched this year for designers with high mobility requirement. Dell’s Precision M3800 will be much slimmer and lighter but likely not as powerful.
Connectivity
Not many modifications have been made in this section either. The FireWire 400 port has now been omitted and allows a more generous spacing of the interfaces on the casing’s left. Otherwise, our review sample sports an optical drive designed in the space-saving Slim-Line format with slot-in mechanism, four USB 3.0 ports and one USB/eSATA combo on the rear. As usual, there are three possibilities for connecting external monitors: VGA, DisplayPort and HDMI.
Dell’s own Wireless 1601 802.11n adapter including Bluetooth 4.0 is installed for wireless communication. It features three antennas, one of which is reserved for the Bluetooth module. The Wi-Fi adapter transmits in the 2.4 GHz band and theoretically achieves a maximum of 144 Mbit/s. We did not ascertain any connection issues while using Wi-Fi in the test period. At times over 5 MB/s was possible at a distance of 10 meters to an 802.11n router with a Ralink RT2860T chip on sight. Although a WWAN is not available for mobile internet, the required antenna cables and an empty slot are present. It would be possible to insert an mSATA SSD here. The HD webcam suffices for routine video-calling tasks and also copes quite well with low light. As usual, a Gigabit LAN port is installed for cabled network connections.
At first glance it surprises a bit that a laptop from the business category priced at almost 3000 Euros (~$4138) lacks a fingerprint reader. Even many entry-level laptops have this feature and should actually not be left out here. However, the otherwise extensive security standards found when looking closer make up for that. In addition to the often available BIOS, Admin, HDD and system passwords, our review sample of Dell’s Precision M4800 includes a SmartCard reader, Trusted Platform module and Computrace function that can be enabled.
Since Dell has obviously not modified the docking port, it is possible to use the docking stations from former models. However, Dell’s Advanced E-Port II port replicator for around 280 Euros (~$386, gross) and Dell’s D5000 Wireless docking station for around 270 Euros (~$372, gross) are available should the user want to buy a new one.
As usual, Dell comes up trumps in maintenance. Only the battery and two screws have to be removed to take off the base plate. All components can be accessed and replaced easily afterward. The single steps are described in-depth in the owner’s manual. Both fans can be cleaned and, when necessary, be replaced without problems. Two additional RAM banks are underneath the keyboard in the quad-core models.
Dell’s Precision M4800 standardly includes a 3 year basic on-site service for the next business day. Upgrades or service extensions are available optionally. For example, a 5 year ProSupport with on-site service for the next business day cost approximately 480 Euros (~$662, gross).
Input Devices
Like in many other areas, Dell did not modify the input devices at all. The keyboard still features a crisp, quiet stroke, medium drop and firm impression. The layout, key size and special functions are good. The keyboard’s backlight can be set in four levels and the dedicated number pad will prove to be convenient particularly when entering time-consuming rows of numbers.
The TrackPoint is still an accurately working alternative to the touchpad and has dedicated keys. They can also be remapped as additional touchpad buttons and thus supply more functions. The touchpad itself features pleasant gliding traits and a decent responsiveness. It is no longer state-of-the-art for multi-touch gestures due to its input surface area of 80 x 45 mm and could definitely be bigger.
Dell Precision M4800 инструкция
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| Precision M4800 | 462-3766 |
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| Руководство пользователя (PDF) |
| Тактовая частота процессора | 2.8 GHz |
| Семейство процессоров | Intel® Core™ i7 |
| Модель процессора | i7-4900MQ |
| Повышеная частота процессора | 3.8 GHz |
| Количество ядер процессора | 4 |
| Потоки процессора | 8 |
| Скорость передачи данных системной шины | — GT/s |
| Кеш-память процессора | 8 MB |
| Сокет процессора | PGA946 |
| Чипсет материнской платы | Intel® QM87 |
| Частота шины процессора | — MHz |
| Технологический процесс | 22 nm |
| Операционные режимы процессора | 64-разрядный |
| Пошаговое выполнение | C0 |
| Тип шины | DMI2 |
| Кодовое название процессора | Haswell |
| ECC-память поддерживается процессором | Нет |
| TDP | 47 W |
| Серии процессора | Intel Core i7-4900 Mobile Series |
| Паритет FSB | Нет |
| Максимальное количество полос PCI Express | 16 |
| Версия PCI Express слотов | 3.0 |
| Т-соединение | 100 °C |
| Тип кэша процессора | Smart Cache |
| Конфигурации последовательной шины периферии PCI Express | 1×16, 2×8, 1×8+2×4 |
| Производитель процессора | Intel |
| Поколение процессора | Процессор Intel® Core™ i7 4-го поколения |
| Оперативная память | 16 GB |
| Тип внутренней памяти | DDR3-SDRAM |
| Тактовая частота памяти | 1600 MHz |
| Слоты памяти | 4x SO-DIMM |
| Максимальная внутренняя память | 32 GB |
| Форм-фактор памяти | SO-DIMM |
| Максимальный объем RAM (64 бит) | 32 GB |
| Технология LightScribe | — |
| Поддерживаемые типы дисков | CD, DVD |
| Технология Intel Virtualization | VT-x |