M4800 Owner's Thread

Doesn't Haswell require a new chipset, too?

 

I currently reside in India and here the Portable workstations are only offered as customizable .

 

And I bought the M4800 today with the following specs. And I should be getting it in another 15 days .

Intel Core i7-4900MQ Processor (Quad Core, 8M Cache, 2.8 GHz, w/HD Graphics 4600)
16GB (2x8GB)600MHz DDR3L
39.6cm (15.6") UltraSharp QHD+ (3200x1800) Wide View Anti-Glare LED-backlit Premium Panel Guarantee
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M w/2GB GDDR5
2.5 inch 500GB Solid State Hybrid Drive(Will be replacing this with the Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD I already own)
2X Blu-Ray Writer Tray Load
9-cell (97Wh) Lithium Ion battery with ExpressCharge
Dell Wireless 1550 2X2 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0
Internal English Backlit Dual Pointing Keyboard

Smartcard Reader Base for QHD+ Panel and Windows 8
SWIPE Fingerprint Reader and Smart Card Reader (Contact and Contactless) Palmrest,Dell Precision M4800
Bezel cam/mic QHD+
Back cover QHD+ panel WiGig
Safety, Environment, and Regulatory Information (English)
Mobile Precision Configuration
Resource DVD not Included
180W AC Adapter
Dell Professional6" Business Case
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.4 English Year RHN
ProSupport 3 years: 7x24 Technical Support & Assistance, NBD, Global

My older system:
Processor : AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Ram : Cosair Vengence 8GB DDR3(4x2)
MotherBoard : Asus m4a89gtd pro
PSU : Cosair 700w
Storage : Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB

 

Has anyone who ordered on or after October 30th, receive their order yet (Non fast ship models)?

 

I will use M4800 as desktop alternative most of time.
It will connect with Dell 2007 20" 1600x1200 monitor.
This external monitor has dot pitch of 0.25 mm.
Therefore, I am considering to have a M4800 with 1366x768 screen resolution,
which also have dot pitch of 0.25mm.
With such dual monitor configuration,
scaling is no more problem.
But it seems that 1366x768 is very "low-end" now,
and no wide view, and Premium Panel Guarantee are provided.
I also use linux OS.
How does it look like in the command line mode on the QHD+ screen?
Will the font be visible?

 

It's a shame that optimus is not supported right now. Imo it's very unprofessional to first claim something and then later find out that it is not there. Something tells me that the engineering team and those who write the text on the webpage at dell dont work under the same direction.

No wonder why people are going to lenovo, hp, apple etc....

 

Yes, indeed. It's too bad that they don't support Optimus for NVidia. But what about Enduro (similar graphics switching) for AMD Firepro M5100?

Does M4800 support Enduro with QHD+ panel?

Without graphic switching M4800 becomes less and less attractive
Especially if we know that it's doable (see M3800/XPS 15 as example)...

 

I find some detail from M4800 owner's manual.

Screen
Maximum Brightness
• HD (220 nits)
• FHD (300 nits)
• QHD+ ( 400nits)

Minimum viewing angles:
Horizontal/Vertical
• HD (40/40/10/30)
• FHD (60/60/50/50)
• QHD+ ( 80/80/80/80)

battery
Weight
• 6-cell - 345 g (0.76 lb) — (only M4800)
• 9-cell /9-cell LCL - 535 g (1.18 lb)

Maximum memory
• Intel Core i5 and i7 Dual processors — 16 GB
• Intel Core i7 Quad Core and i7 Quad Extreme processors — 32 GB

 

It is not possible to configure a M4800 with the FirePro. When selecting the QHD+ upgrade there is a conflict with the GPU and an upgrade to a Nvidia GPU is required. If you get a normal 1080p screen however you can get the Firepro and have Enduro.

It is very much so less appealing, so much that I returned my system even though I believe I got a very good deal on it.

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You really managed to order the Dell Wireless 1550 2X2 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0 card with the QHD+ display and the Contactless Smart Card Reader ?

So far I never managed to get the QHD+ panel, the Wireless Smartcard Reader and the Dell Wireless 1550 Wlan card configured together....

That is the config that would make me happy and order the M4800.

I'm afraid that the WiGig Display back doesn't contain the necessary antennas for the Dell Wireless 1550 or Intel AC-7260 card.