Kaby Lake Precision pre-release discussion (5520 / 7520 / 7720)

Currently the camera is the same as used on the xx10 series. It doesn't support Windows Hello. The FPR does support Hello.
I can't speak to future products other then to say that we are always looking at new technologies for future generation.

 

The 3-cell battery is the same battery from the 5510 to the 5520. The 6-cell battery is completely new for the 5520. Moved from an 85Whr battery to a 97Whr battery. That is the only difference.

 

Thank you.

I appreciate those differences in capacity. It seems that the Precision 5520 doesn't like the 5510's 56Whr battery and the XPS15-9560 doesn't recognise the 84Whr battery although they are physically compatible. Normally Dell ensures good forwards and backwards compatibility so that businesses can minimise their inventory of spares.

John

 

Sweden is ahead of the world
http://www.dell.com/se/foretag/p/precision-17-7720-laptop/pd

 

French People also

http://euro.dell.com/fr/fr/corp/Por...pd.aspx?refid=precision-15-7520-laptop&s=corp

 

And in the UK (including tech specs)
http://www.dell.com/uk/partner/p/precision-17-7720-laptop/pd?sc_err=noocs

But purchasing options only list Dell Premier/Distributiors. May be it's not fully live.
@Dell-Mano_G , would online configuration purchase be available to everyone this week?

 

In my dream I was thinking about a possible new line that is void of dGPU but instead with more M.2 and mPCIe ports for expansion. Not simply a 17" without a dGPU. Currently we have machines with max of two or three M.2 PCIe ports and one or two mPCIe ports. Excluding a dPGU could make those PCIe lanes open for something else such as more of those ports for more storage and other devices. 64GB RAM + tons of storage + new CPUs with more cores, etc. I'm proposing something that no other laptop offers to my knowledge.

A software dev/VM laptop of such sounds more like a server now that I think about it.

 

Dear Dell, please don't listen these stupid complains. Dell 7710 supports 2 PCIe NVMe and 1 SATA drives which means you can easily have 8 TB of storage (2 x Samsung 960 Pro 2 TB and 1 x Samsung 850 EVO 4 TB). If any software developer needs more storage, he or she should start with improving his or her workflow. One virtual machine with Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora weighs approx. 10-20 GB, one Windows 10 VM weighs approx. 30-40, so 8 TB is enough for hundreds of VMs.

@ygohome, your footer says you have Dell Precision 7710 with 1.5 TB of storage, so stop complaining, just upgrade to 4 or 8 TB.

Dear Dell, keep successors of Precision 7520 and 7720 similar. Keep easy access to battery, cooling system and motherboard, keep numeric keypad, keep 4K displays etc. Just drop docking port on the bottom, drop SATA drives, add one more Thunderbolt/USB-C port, one more M2.2280 PCIe slot (2 instead of 1 in 7520, 3 instead of 2 in 7520) and make the whole system slightly thinner and lighter.

 

Not complaining, just as your suggestions I know were not complaints. I was giving an idea for more internal storage and totally different line, not even in the precision. My comment was more off-topic than anything. Maybe I was wasn't thinking it through clearly. I like my dell laptops alot.

@karman FYI, your VMs are lighter weight than mine. I have some 250GB VMs from customers who send me entire clones of their production systems and for reasons not any of your business. And no, I'm not short of storage and just fine with my laptop setup. I probably wouldn't even get a laptop without a dGPU. But was just an idea for more internal ports and minus a dGPU. They were ideas you may not agree with but don't be rude. I may not be sharpest tool in the shed but cut me some slack

 

All I know is I better have a receipt and a tracking number for a 7720 in my inbox at 12:05 a.m. EST