Dell has unveiled this week the Precision M2300 notebook, the company’s first 14-inch mobile workstation.
The Dell Precision M2300 is based on the Intel PM965 chipset, which is a part of the “Santa Rosa” notebook platform. It features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with clock speeds from 2GHz to 2.6GHz, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M 128MB dedicated graphics card, up to 4GB of system memory, and a hard drive up to 160GB at 7200rpm rotational speed. There is also a 32GB solid state drive option. The laptop has a modular bay, that fits an optical drive, a secondary 6-cell battery, an additional 80GB HDD, or a weight-saver. The laptop’s 14.1-inch widescreen display provides a resolution of 1440-by-900 pixels.
This mobile workstation comes with a built-in wireless module supporting up to 802.11n draft standard, a Bluetooth receiver, and an optional mobile broadband EVDO Rev. A module for the Verizon’s network. There are also Gigabit Ethernet and 56k modem connections.
Regarding expandability, the Dell Precision M2300 provides a PC card slot, four USB ports, a Firewire port, a Serial port, and a VGA output. For security purposes, there are a an ntegrated SmartCard reader, the Trusted Platform Module 1.2 and an optional finger print reader.
The M2300 weighs 5 pounds with a standard 6-cell battery and an optical drive and ships with Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system.
It starts at $1,439 after instant savings and is available through the Dell Small & Medium Business online store.
The PC maker also offers the 15.4-inch Precision M4300 and 17-inch Precision M6300 mobile workstations.
[…] Along with the older 65nm Core 2 Duos, the 14.1-inch M2300, 15.4-inch M4300, and 17-inch M6300 are now available with the T8100, T8300, T9300, and T9500 45nm CPUs, clocked at 2.1GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz, and 2.6GHz respectively. The new chips have the same prices as their corresponding precursors. According to the product pages, the Precision M6300 notebook will be also available with the Core 2 Extreme X9000 “Penryn” at 2.8GHz. […]
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