Dell Precision M3800 Owner's Review

Estimated ship date for me is Dec 5th. I agree about the discount price gimmick. Mine was $1000 off of $3500. Only women fall for that when they buy shoes.

 

It's meant as a professional workstation, not a toy. That means it will come with Windows 7 by default, just like all the other Precision machines. Windows 8.x is not "necessary" for anything. Maybe when Microsoft offers a new OS that offers the productivity of Windows 7, that will change, but this is where we are right now.

 

Top model is missing in Germany too... :-(

 

If it comes with win7 default then i will buy one today without hesitating. But every page on dell says win8.1.

Bokeh, which version of win did your had out of the box?

 

Anywhere at all you can get the top model?

 

Ok, speaking of a "professional workstation", I do not need a touchscreen but a matte-display!
Odd idea of "professional" by delivering a glossy screen only!!

BTW: In germany the m3800 is delivered with Win8-Pro (according to the DELL shop).

 

Idk if I'd ever use touch but in case I do, I want 8.1. It's the only MS OS built for touch - albeit at the expense of the rest of the experience.

 

Interesting. Well, I just repeated what I was told by our rep, but who knows.
If it's Win8.x only, then I'm not interested, period.

 

Is the 30% discount only on the first day? From what I see on dell.de, the discount is valid until sometime in February.2014.
By the way, I guess this 30% discount cannot be added with a 10% VIP discount, right?

 

I'm aware of what the page says - the M4800 page says the same thing, and we know Optimus isn't an option there.