The reining laptop maker Dell has introduced a new product to its well-known Precision series, in form of Dell Precision M3800, which claims to have a sturdy body and incredible design and performance. Offered with a thin and light chassis, the device has made a promising entry to impress business as well as home users. The product line offered under this series is widely known for its business-oriented features, power-packed performance and amazing battery life. Dell has incorporated all the essential features of an ideal ultrabook in this 15.6-inches yearly refresh of the series. Owing to its extremely thin screen and minimal weight, the manufacturer has coined the term ‘Mobile Workstation’ to showcase their product along with its two major improvements.
Introduced at the starting price of $1,799, the latest ultrabook by Dell becomes available for purchase during February 2014. Empowered with the Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia Quadro GPU and the Windows 8 Professional OS, the device has been claimed to perform immensely that can boot up to the solid-state drive within just a few seconds. Equipped with a huge segment of ports and enhanced connectivity features, the device allows you to stay connected to your mails and the Internet, no matter where you go. Offered with amazingly thinner and lighter design than the previous Precision series, the gadget can be easily handled during travel, flights, video conferences, remote locations and boardroom meetings.
Design
The entry model is priced at $1.799 but you can upgrade your device to a higher version and configuration, if you’re willing to pay more than this amount. The ultrabook does look quite simple yet attractive at first sight, but its hidden features are at par with the high-tech products that are currently available in the market for business users. Featuring excellent connectivity features, sturdy design and construction, the device is imparted with measurements of 14.65 x 10 x 0.71 inches that makes it ideal for carrying along on flights and travels.
Weighing around 5 pounds, the Precision M3800 is made available in metallic carbon color that provides a rich business look to this tech-advanced gadget. The main unit is carrying the metal, glass, plastic and a rubberized surface that offers convenient handling and sturdy built to the device. The connection between the base unit and the display is managed by hinge, which provides the limited maximum opening angle to the display. Empowered with hinge and a sturdy display lid, the device possesses a 15.6-inch QHD+ Dell UltraSharp LED-backlit display.
The manufacturers have used additional wide view and touchscreen panels that offer smooth functioning of apps while using them through a 5 finger multi-touch feature. The integrated dual audio output, light sensitive HD video webcam, a classic keyboard and various other amazing features make this gadget ideal for business users.
Display
The 15.6-inch ultrabook by Dell possesses QHD+ Dell UltraSharp LED-backlit display. Having a screen resolution of 3200×1800 pixels per inch, the device produces crystal clear and vivid images during boardroom meetings, web conferences and active video playback. Supported by the excellent viewing angles incorporated with multi-touch features, the gadget produces vibrant images and is highly responsive while pausing and resuming the video using touch technology.
Owing to its anti-glare and anti-reflective display surface, the device is best suited for outdoor use, boardroom meetings, travels and other outings. Empowered with ultra-high-resolution displays, the device can easily zoom in to at least 200 percent and allows the user to comfortably read text published on various websites. Having amazing colors and contrast features, the device is efficient in producing a higher degree of contrast and brightness levels that may be as high as 328 Lux.
Keyboard, Touchpad and Trackpoint
The Precision M3800 is well-equipped with a classic full-sized backlit keyboard and twin-button touchpad. The keyboard is having a full plastic finish and is placed right in the center of the device to make it highly comfortable for use. The keys have precise pressure points, low noise emissions and are highly comfortable while typing business documents and official Word files. The keyboard does not have a separate NUM pad but its highly integrated backlit features make it an ideal ultrabook while typing for longer hours in dark environments.
Incorporated with 104 x 80 mm touchpad, the device is holding it just below the keyboard .i.e. exactly in the center of the ultrabook design. The touchpad is highly responsive to several multi-touch gestures when moving the cursor. It’s gliding properties, dedicated buttons and quick reaction speed help you a lot while meeting business deadlines on time. The pointer is very smooth to operate and can be easily moved around the screen with ease. The touchpad supports all the actions related to clicking, swapping, dragging, selecting and others. As per the gadget gurus, a real professional device should always be empowered with the traditional trackpoint but to your disappointment the device misses that.
Ports and Connectivity
Despite being an amazingly thin and light device, the latest ultrabook by Dell carries an unbeatable selection of ports and connectivity points. The port section includes three USB 3.0 ports with PowerShare, an SD card reader, one USB 2.0 with PowerShare, and one mini DisplayPort. You can easily use HDMI or a mini DisplayPort to attach projector screens, Ultra TVs and other large high-resolution external displays. For catering all the requirements of music freaks and voice chat enthusiasts, combined microphone/headphone is incorporated in the device.
Bluetooth technology, several wireless modules and inbuilt Wi-Fi adapter is incorporated for offering excellent connectivity and networking to this device. The Dell Precision M3800′s 720p camera takes colorful images, which makes it highly suitable for web conferences and video chats.
Audio
The bottom front lip-mounted speakers in this device produce satisfactory sound volumes as compared with an ultrabook of its size. Excellent bass and frequency setup makes the background sound crisp but there is a little bit of distortion on higher tones. The device pumps out similar audio than your average ultrabook and scores about 82 decibels, when played in a medium-sized room.
Performance
The device is empowered with a 4th generation Intel Core i7-4702HQ quad core processor and 16GB of DDR3 RAM, which enable it to meet your expectations with better performance and improved multitasking ability. Supported by a 256GB LiteOn SSD, the ultrabook by Dell has the optimal storage capacity to store all of your valuable data on the drive.
An Nvidia Quadro GPU integrated graphics card ensures an amazing experience during light gaming and streaming of your favorite videos. The gadget is running on Windows 8 Pro OS, followed by a 64-bit architecture, and is capable to boot up and wake up from sleep mode within a few seconds. The gadget is equipped with 6-cell 61 Whr battery and promises a battery life of around 6 hours and 54 minutes with continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi connectivity.
Conclusion
Dell Precision M3800 is an ideal ultrabook with enhanced portability and stability features to make it ideal for conferences, outdoors and travels. Empowered with higher RAM and amazing system storage drive, the device needs just a few seconds to boot up and to be active from sleep mode. Owing to its crystal clear display and enhanced sound technology, the gadget provides amazing video and audio support while watching your favorite movies. Offering high comfort while switching between apps with highly responsive Trackpad, the device needs to work upon improving storage capacity, viewing angles, and missing Trackpoint.
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