Wednesday, December 11th 2024
Dell Pro Max 16/18 Plus Leak Hints at Arrow Lake-H Prowess With Up To 256 GB of Memory
Dell laptops are widely considered to be among the best, and the company shows no signs of getting complacent. According to a fresh new leak, Dell is gearing up to announce new 16- and 18-inch workstation laptops, dubbed the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus and the Dell Pro Max 18 Plus. Of course, the naming scheme likely couldn't get any worse, but the leaked specifications certainly do seem enticing.
First and foremost, the laptops will be powered by Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-HX CPUs, paired with up to an impressive 256 GB of CAMM2 memory. The graphics will be handled by NVIDIA RTX 5000-class GPUs, and the entire system will boast a 170 W and 200 W TDP for the 16- and 18-inch variants respectively. The 18-inch Dell Pro Max will be able to accommodate up to a whopping 16 TB of SSD storage, whereas the 16-inch Dell Pro Max will boast up to 12 TB of SSD storage.
Interestingly, both variants will come with an optional tandem OLED display, utilizing the same technology as the M4 iPad Pro, which garnered extremely positive reviews for its display. The laptops will also feature a much improved 8 MP camera, a triple-fan cooling setup, and Thunderbolt 5 support. There is no information on pricing, but since CES 2025 is less than a month away, we shall find out sooner rather than later. That said, it would be safe to speculate that such hefty specifications will most certainly be accompanied by hefty price tags as well.
Source:
Huan514613 via Twitter
First and foremost, the laptops will be powered by Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-HX CPUs, paired with up to an impressive 256 GB of CAMM2 memory. The graphics will be handled by NVIDIA RTX 5000-class GPUs, and the entire system will boast a 170 W and 200 W TDP for the 16- and 18-inch variants respectively. The 18-inch Dell Pro Max will be able to accommodate up to a whopping 16 TB of SSD storage, whereas the 16-inch Dell Pro Max will boast up to 12 TB of SSD storage.
18 Comments on Dell Pro Max 16/18 Plus Leak Hints at Arrow Lake-H Prowess With Up To 256 GB of Memory
And CRU probably means customer-replaceable units, right?
As for CRU, that's only for ram, storage, and battery upgrades, unless there's something else you'd like to change AFTER you buy one ?
*intense deliberation ensues*
Product manager: Yo, f*ck it. This will be the Pro Max Plus with Core Ultra and RTX, just make sure to fit the word "Ultimate" in there somewhere. That will be enticing and sound
EEEEEEEEEXTREEEEEMEEEEEEE!
...and someone's got paid for this
I hope it will be a different line of notebooks.
PS: I've been using a Dell Precision M4700 Mobile Workstation since 2012. In 2023 upgraded a CPU to Intel Core i7-3940XM Extreme Edition processor. I consider that line of notebooks as the most configurable in the world! In the most advanced configuration I can use up to 4 external GPUs ( on Windows 7/10/11 ). In another FPGA configuration I use external Xilinx Alveo U50 card ( on Ubuntu 16/18/20 ).
The Video Technical Report ( VTR ) shows both configurations on how to use external GPUs and external FPGA card.
>>...Did Dell make docking stations with PCIe lanes exposed in some way?..
There was a Dell docking station for Dell Precision M4xxx/M6xxx series Mobile Workstations but since I've never used it I don't know if PCI-e lanes were available.