Dell Pro Max 16/18 Plus Leak Hints at Arrow Lake-H Prowess With Up To 256 GB of Memory

[GGforever]

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.

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[mtosev]

Impressive specs. Also nice that the ram is swappable.

 

[close]

I see Dell is sharing in Apple's "Pro/Ultra/Max" product naming prowess.

 

[Bobaganoosh]

Do these replace the Precisions?

 

[Wirko]

No mention of AI. That's refreshing.

And CRU probably means customer-replaceable units, right?

 

[bonehead123]

I see Dell is sharing in Apple's "Pro/Ultra/Max" product naming prowess.

Well, how else could they justify the MASSIVE price increases that are coming with these "latest & greatest" machines ?

No mention of AI. That's refreshing.

And CRU probably means customer-replaceable units, right?

The AI is in there, the fact that they didn't mention it does NOT change that, and will very evident as soon as you boot one up ....

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 ?

 

[Dr. Dro]

Product marketing team at Dell: Hey, we have this new computer, but we don't know how to name it
*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

 

[TumbleGeorge]

No mention of AI. That's refreshing.

And CRU probably means customer-replaceable units, right?

Prosumers which used workstations isn't part of "AI" market. AI is business for much higher level HPC, and advertisement for ordinary consumers in mainstream.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Prosumers which used workstations isn't part of "AI" market. AI is business for much higher level HPC, and advertisement for ordinary consumers in mainstream.

Or, they're already presuming that AI is an expectation instead of something marketable to professionals at this point. All of the components on this system place heavy emphasis on their AI capabilities, both the Core Ultra processor and the RTX enterprise GPU. But it helps people like us notice that too, generating some extra buzz. It's genius, really.

 

[_JP_]

Weird flex in the brochure with the 3-fan statement, when Clevo has been releasing workstations with that cooling config for ages now.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

expectation instead of something marketable to professionals at this point.

But expectations are marketable. Most of money in this world are air money based on expectations for future. Wallstreet, all stocks, crypto"coins". Our children and grandchildren will pay for this arrogance.

 

[Dr. Dro]

But expectations are marketable. Most of money in this world are air money based on expectations for future. Wallstreet, all stocks, crypto"coins". Our children and grandchildren will pay for this arrogance.

Fair enough, although, I don't think it'll take that long for the check to come

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

These came off NDA we'd been talking with our rep about them for a bit.

 

[ScaLibBDP]

Do these replace the Precisions?

I don't think so because a line of Dell Precision Mobile Workstations is too popular among professionals ( take a look at www.dell.com or www.dell.ca ). It is hard to believe that Dell will deprecate it.

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 ).

 

[Wirko]

As for CRU, that's only for ram, storage, and battery upgrades

Yes, that's in the slide/spec sheet. Plus the "bottom door", should anyone want a glass or acrylic "door" to show off the RGB inside.

 

[Chaitanya]

Where does it fit in the line up above Inspiron or replacing G series of gaming laptops or in Enterprize/Workstation market as entery level segment there.

 

[Scrizz]

Where does it fit in the line up above Inspiron or replacing G series of gaming laptops or in Enterprize/Workstation market as entery level segment there.

The shell looks like my Precision laptop which is considered a mobile workstation.. My Precision laptop has an RTX A series GPU and HX processor, so maybe they are going to rename their mobile workstation lineup.