Latitude vs Precision

The 5510 is the equivalent to your M3800.

The 3510 is a latitude equivalent w/ ISV certification, I believe.

 

As mentioned, 5510 is the replacement for the M3800. 3510 is the replacement for the M2800, both of which are like Latitudes with specs bumped up a tiny bit and ISV certification.

The mobile Xeon is not substantially faster than the Core i7. They are essentially the same CPU, the Xeon might have a 0.1 or 0.2 GHz faster clock depending on which one you get. The differentiation is that the Xeon CPUs support ECC memory and the Core i7 CPUs do not.

 

Really? Mine doesn't even "see" that it's plugged in with anything below the 90W, and throttles pretty heavily (but is usable) on the 90W.

As others have said, the M3510 is the same machine as the E5570, just with a different GPU option and a few other upgrades available. If you really need the ISV-certified GPU or ECC RAM, it might be worth it.

The Xeon is marginally faster, but not worth the extra cost for that. It has a slightly different GPU firmware (P530 vs 530) which may may make a difference for ISV-certified stuff, but since you'd have the AMD or NVidia GPU this is unlikely to matter. And it supports ECC RAM. Otherwise, it's a waste of money.

Also, unlike the 7510 or 5510, the processor (even the Xeon) is probably still downrated to 35W in the M3510.

Construction is exactly the same between the M3510 and the E5570. Also, wasn't the M2400 the same chassis and construction as the E6400? They certainly seemed the same, externally and specs-wise they seemed to only differ in the GPU. I'm pretty sure the M4600 was the first one of the 15" models where the construction was substantially different (on the 17" ones it happened earlier, the M6400 was the first of that general chassis design -- but the M6300 and M90 were based on the absolutely awful 17" Inspirons.)

...also, the build quality on the M3800 has been pretty bad for me. Definitely the most fragile machine I've owned from Dell.

 

@Apples555 and whoever wants a quad core in 14" size, hey, heads-up on the newer Gigabyte Aero 14. I don't have comments on build quality but apparently Gigabyte has redesigned the chassis, seems sturdy for me. They'll most likely include a dual fan design.

 

That's a nice looking machine there. Giant battery looks like a good feature, and hopefully the thermals aren't quite as frying as the Razer Blade -- although it looks a little more compact. (Also, the Razer tops out at 16gb as offered; it's not clear to me if that's socketed and thus upgradeable.)

The speed difference between the i7-6700HQ and -6820HQ is unlikely to be significant to anyone not running benchmarks.

They don't mention a PSU wattage, but it's probably > 90W with that CPU and GPU, which would be a minus for those on the road a lot.

 

150W, taken from this german review: http://www.notebookcheck.com/COMPUT...Notebook-offiziell-angekuendigt.166223.0.html

 

Thanks for the heads up. After some deliberation, I've decided on the t460p. I'll be ordering in the coming weeks. When I get it, I'll definitely post a review.

Gigabyte and co. certainly make good machines, but they still feel like consumer machines.

 

Does that one have two cooling fans or just one? I was never a fan of that thinkpad "feature".


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