Dell Precision M4500 Notebook Goes the Official Route [15.6" Precision M4500 Delivers Workstation Performance, Comes With 64GB SSD & NVIDIA Quadro Graphics]

Those who require workstation performance from their “tiny” laptops should know that Dell have officially announced their new Precision M4500 notebook. Coming with NVIDIA’s Quadro FX 1800M or 880M graphics cards with 1GB of dedicated memory, either Core i5 or Core i7 processors (which includes the Core i7-920XM Quad Core Extreme Edition) the 15.6-inch Dell Precision M4500 also tries to impress with its 16:9 HD+ sRGB LED screen with 100 percent color gamut and 1,920 x 1,080 pixel resolution.

But since we’re looking at a super-high-end model, the M4500 is fitted with many other goodies that include a 64GB SSD MiniCard for high-performance data storage and a revolutionary technology called Dell Precision ON that promises nearly instant access to email, calendar, contacts, the Internet and virtual remote desktops.

Other than the above, the new Dell Precision M4500 has an optional 3 megapixel webcam, a backlit keyboard, multitouch trackpad and a multi-carrier-friendly Gobi 2.0 wireless chip.

Weighing in at 6lbs and measuring just 1.1-inches thick, Dell M4500 also gives you the option for a 9-cell battery pack that for a 7 hours and 40 minutes autonomy, or a 12-cell battery that boasts an astounding battery life.

“It is truly amazing the amount of power that has been packed into the new Dell Precision M4500 mobile workstation,” said Dr. Jon Peddie president of Jon Peddie Research, the industry’s consulting and market research firm in Tiburon, CA. “With a high resolution screen, a super powerful processor and a choice of high-performance GPUs there’s not much I can think of that you can’t do with this machine.”

Yours in the “coming weeks”, the base version will be priced just shy off $1,700.