Dell Precision M60 Mobile Workstation

CADalyst, Dec, 2004

Relatively few vendors are brave enough to enter the mobile workstation arena, where constraints on size, weight, and battery life amplify the challenge of maximizing CAD performance. The top performer in our July roundup (p. 17) was the Dell Precision M60 Mobile Workstation. Reviewer Ron LaFon noted that "it's among the first generation of portable systems that I consider to have workstation performance, although it's slow by current desktop standards." Its benchmark scores fell within the range expected from a low-end desktop workstation. Such power comes at a price. The Dell Precision M60 is on the hefty side, and battery life is just more than three hours when the system is idle. www.dell.com

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