Dell Precision M4300 Quitely SantaRosa

In case anyone was looking at business class dells, the precision m4300 is now sporting the Santa Rosa chipset. It seems like it was released kinda "hush hush" as no big announcements were made, but its definately there.

Solid State Drives

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 (2.40GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 800MHz Dual Core
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.20GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 800MHz Dual Core
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.00GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 800MHz Dual Core
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.80GHz) 2M L2 Cache, 800Mhz Dual Core

Wireless:
Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA 3.6 (AT&T US)
Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO Rev A (Verizon US)
Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO Rev A (Sprint US)
Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO Rev A (Telus Canada)
WLAN
Intel® Pro/Wireless 4965 WiFi 802.11a/g/Draft n, Intel® Pro/Wireless 3945 WiFi 802.11a/g, Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g, Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g,Dell Wireless 1505 802.11a/g/Draft nMini-Cards, Dell Wireless 360 Bluetooth Module; Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (optional)


You can build a similarly spec'd latitude d830 for cheaper...but this is out on the market too.

anyway, just thought i'd let y'all know.

 

Doesnt the M4300 have a Nvidia Quadro FX 360M(8600m GT) while the Latitude D830 have a Quadro 140/135(8400m)?

 

Yep, M4300 has the 360m which uses 256mb of system memory to dynamically increase the dedicated graphics memory, also called TurboCache.

the 140m is the equivalent of the 8400m GS.

Both are 256mb dedicated cards, but the card on the m4300 is marginally better.