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New Dell M70... pleasantly surprised

post #1 of 139
2/8/05 at 9:23am
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I saw the new Dell M70 and was pleasantly surprised. I absolutely dispise the new Dell inspiron laptop design and the new m70 is using the older style which I prefer. I guess all of our D-dock accessories will still work! Now to find out more about the Quadro 1400. I was hoping to locate a manual for the machine so I could see a picture of the video card, any luck with that?
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post #2 of 139
2/8/05 at 2:02pm
The 1400 is the professional version of the 6800.. It's a NV41 based chipset, so gaming wise we'll be almost as fast as a standard 6800.. However, if you have the need to do any cad work, look out, this thing is a beast in that department..

I'm going to order mine as soon as I get some sort of confirmation that the 9300 won't have a docking station, and that they don't make a more general 8600 replacement that doesn't cost as much..

Cheers,

dextius
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post #3 of 139
2/8/05 at 8:25pm
i just ordered mine a few hours ago - waiting to see when it shows up in the tracking system . . .
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post #4 of 139
2/11/05 at 3:09pm
strange, the video option for the M70 in dell small business canada lists it as:

nVidia® NV41GL 4XAGP w/ 256MB DDR2 Video Memory (Is this the 1400??)

AGP?? M70 is PCIe right?
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post #5 of 139
2/11/05 at 4:18pm
You also get a free 20" lcd monitor and dock port if you order now. I'm tempted to buy one as well but I'm waiting to see if they offer any rebates or I can get a coupon to stack with the free monitor.
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post #6 of 139
2/11/05 at 5:18pm
Julo - rest assured, the NV41GL is in fact the PCI-X Quadro Go1400.
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post #7 of 139
2/11/05 at 7:44pm

Elaborate Please

I am interested in getting an M70, and a free 20" LCD would just about seal the deal for me... Is this for real, and if so, where can I find the information about it? Thanks in advance.
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post #8 of 139
2/11/05 at 8:19pm
Uhh... if you're talking about the M70, go to www.dell.com and click on "Small Business."

Didn't check if the free offer is still up.
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post #9 of 139
2/11/05 at 10:36pm

Sorry

I was not clear in my earlier post. I was looking for details of the Free LCD and Docking Station offer mentioned in Maklar's post above. I have not found any coupons or freebies associated with the M70, but I am by no means an expert on where to look.
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post #10 of 139
2/14/05 at 3:39am

placed order a week ago for M70

Well after alot of research, searching the forums i finally pulled the trigger on a fully loaded M70, I came close to buying the 9200 or 9300 but i wanted a quality notebook with a trimetal case. I hate plastic on laptops. Plus the M70 has a smart card feature that encrypts the whole computer. Without the card the computer is worthless. At least thats how under stand the security works. Anyway i cant wait to get it to i can hit my favorite cafes and chill. It is amazing how much freedom a laptop gives you.
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post #11 of 139
2/14/05 at 9:38am
could have got D810 instead and save hundreds of dollars. M70 is 1,000 more over D810 on exact same specification. In my opinion, 1,000 more is major rip off.
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post #12 of 139
2/14/05 at 10:15am
different video cards though . . .
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post #13 of 139
2/14/05 at 10:57am
Wonder if FanGUI 220 will work on the M70, would be nice to know what temperature the Quadro FXGo1400 idles/loads up at.
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post #14 of 139
2/14/05 at 1:49pm
Can someone tell me how gaming is on the Quadro? this is hte closeset to a 6800+Pentium M setup that I've seen.
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post #15 of 139
2/15/05 at 12:39pm
kevhuynh - I'll give you benchmarks in about a week
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post #16 of 139
2/15/05 at 12:43pm
very cool - I just noticed by ofelas specs that it comes with Gigabit lan
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post #17 of 139
2/15/05 at 12:49pm
atomman- all Latitude D series, Precision M60 as well as M20 & M70 have GigaBit LOM...I think one Inspiron (not sure which model) has it as well.
Sure makes for fast file transfers on a GigaBit switched local network
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post #18 of 139
2/15/05 at 12:50pm
i bet - can anyone recomend a good switch?
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post #19 of 139
2/15/05 at 2:53pm
atomman - I currently connect 2 wired & 2 wireless systems at home through a Truemobile 2350 NAT Broadband router.

The two wired systems are plugged into a Dell PowerConnect 2608 Gigabit switch; the switch is uplinked to the Truemobile 2350 so all systems share the same broadband connection (cable ISP).
I use the Truemobile 2350 as a DHCP server for all the systems at home.
Works great; I see consistent ~400MBPs file transfers between the two wired systems, as both have Broadcom Gigabit LOMs (M60 & Precision 370). Apparently the Intel PRO/VE Gigabit LOM on some Dell desktops have throughput problems with the 2608 Gigabit switch; updated firmware for the PC2608 is in the works.
I picked up the TM2350 & PC2608 for a total price of $135 shipped, with 3 year NBD On Site Warranty.
If you buy through Home/Home Office, together they'll set you back $89 + $89 with 1 Year NBD warranty & free shipping.
Hope that helped.
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post #20 of 139
2/15/05 at 4:41pm
Any idea if the gigabit lan works off of the PCI-e bus?
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