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September 14th, 2025 10:39

Precision Mobile Workstation Fans: How are you liking the new Dell Pro Max laptops?

For those who have used Dell Precision Mobile workstations over the years: how are you liking Dell Pro Max so far?  Is it worthy of the Precision name?  Are you finding it better or worse?

I have not had the best of experiences with Precision 7000 series laptops.  They've always seemed more failure-prone than any other professional Dell laptop series.  I feel like the Dell Pro 16/18 Plus is a great opportunity for Dell to hit the reset button on these. 

Similarly, I've also never been super impressed with the Precision 3000 series; they've always seemed like Latitude 5000 PCs with H-series processors and low-mid range NVIDIA (Quadro) RTX GPUs.  The Latitude 5000 chassis has also always felt...cheap?  Hearing that they gave the (non-Plus/non-Premium) Dell Pro Max its own chassis type has me somewhat optimistic!

Though, I absolutely love the Precision 5000 series (having owned a 5540, a 5480, and 5490).  Easily my favorite Dell PCs ever.  I'm apprehensive about them, but I'm still hoping that the Dell Pro Max 14/16 Premium live up to the Precision 5000 series.

For those that have pulled the trigger, what are your thoughts?

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September 14th, 2025 12:46

I’ve been curious about the Pro Max lineup too. From what I’ve seen so far, it does feel like Dell is trying to clean up the Precision reputation with a sturdier chassis and better thermals. Still early days, but a lot will depend on long-term reliability something Precisions have struggled with in the past.

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