Dell Precision M4300

In late June 2007, Dell made a flurry of new product announcements, among them the introduction of the Dell Precision M4300 mobile workstation. I was finally able to get my hands on one to evaluate for Cadalyst readers.

Fast processor. Bright screen

Uninspiring performance

Good guts, fast performance, looks good even though refurbished

Power adapter (Cheap made in china, not dell brand). Boot error, will not charge, contacted customer service and they wanted me to ship the entire computer back. Apparently it is too difficult to ship a Dell certified replacement cord

Laptop is lightweight enough to comfortably carry around.

Preloaded with the usual dribble which could be useful for some people...

Wonderful design

I expected a little more from the Quadro graphics adapter

This is my 4th Dell laptop and i own/have owned Sony, gateway, compaq, and HP and this is by a long shot the best i have owned. i bought a Dell Inspiron about 3 months ago with almost the same specs i added to this one but this one still way out...

i wish i would have purchased the larger battery. this model has so much power, it will drain the smaller one quickly.

Quick shipment and delivery from Dell, easy setup and use.

Very good processor T7500, chose the 512 MB FX Quadro Graphics Card. System can handle CAD/CAE work with great ease. Great value for money.

None.

Quick delivery by Dell and easy set up. I've only used the laptop as a workstation computer w/ the docking station and a separate LCD monitor. Works great. The computer boots quickly and is extremely quiet.

It would be excellent if Dell had a docking station that would allow you to use the laptop's monitor in addition to a second monitor, side by side. I've only been able to benefit from one monitor since I use the docking statoin and have limited space...

I bought this unit with the 64Gb SSD because I want to see what the future hold in the biggest bottleneck of the system. Even though I know SSD's will get cheaper, faster, and bigger, this is an incredible addition to any computer. Programs pop right...

Still looking for cons... I am tempted to sell this latptop even though I love it and wait for DDR3, faster/cheaper/larger SSD/hybrid drives, as well as LED LCD displays. Two of the 3 are marginal improvements but I don't like buying when newer, better...