Kepler-based Quadro K6000 and a Precision M6800

And if its a bigger 3800...? what percent then?

 

For me, it would at least need the standard Precision/Latitude keyboard, docking port, same selection of ports (USB, eSATA, etc.) and I'll consider it even with the new look. I can recognize that there is some amount of resistance to change in my dislike of the look of the M3800. I'm willing to give a M4800 or 6800 a shot if it retains the features of the previous models regardless of the look.

 

Well you've stated before that you wouldn't mind a thinner/leaner Precision. And who wouldn't? I just don't want it at the expense of leaving things off like my OD--which I still need/use by the way--and other ports. Namely, eSATA and even firewire (VGA can go) which still have missions; and firewire is still used with applications like ProTools. One of the reasons for Macs were so popular in the past.

I notice the 3800 was raised, but the video did really show any docking ports? At least not that I could see. BTW, how are you with dongle? You realize that's what you're going to need should your ports disappear in search of the wafer thin/light laptops. You'll need to pay extra for a second box to give you back the ports you used to have for free. Merry Christmas!

 

Yeah, I was more thinking along the lines of slightly thinner without sacrificing what the M3800 sacrifices, there has to be a middle ground somewhere between thick and ultra thin (something a lot of OEMs seem to forget these days if you ask me). There has to be a limit to dongles as well, I can understand limiting the number of ports to get everything in a smaller package, but if you end up having to carry 5 dongles, you run the risk of loosing those and it might be light and thin, but setting it up to work is going to be painful with all the plug/unplug you'll have to do. I realize that in some way, I am asking for something difficult to design and that requires investment in R&D (which if you're not investing in, you already have problems, but I'll leave that out of this thread), so I'll settle for what I can get, but there is nothing wrong with asking for more.

Aaron suggested the M3800 dock might be wireless, personally, I think I saw a cable running from the laptop to the dock which makes me think it could be USB3.0. In both cases, I'm worried about the available bandwidth to drive multiple peripherals + a couple of high res displays.

 

The wigig dock http://en.community.dell.com/dell-b...nparalleled-convenience-and-connectivity.aspx

 

Well, that depends, if it has docking port and standard Precision keyboard (I wouldn't mind if they got rid of the numpad, I barely use it), I'm still gonna go for it, if not, I'll probably go for W540 or try and find a K2100M somewhere and hope it works in my M4600.

 

I don't know if I can express how stupid this is. WiDi, wireless mouse, and wireless keyboards work to reduce cord clutter. But separating the laptop from the dock does not. At some point your laptop is going to need to be plugged in. The best time for that is while you are working at your desk so the battery is full when you go mobile. So this dock actually adds an extra cord to your setup and clutters your desk with the dock and laptop being physically separated.

 

Backward compatibility should always be included for those that don't want or aren't quite ready for you newfangled gizmo Dell.

Wait...HP?