New Dell M90?

Sounds good. I guess that will be the Merom core. It should fly.

M90? What happened to the M80? Blew up?

Good Question on the M80.

Turns out an IBM server or workstation uses the M80 designation.

Bo

What is this group all about................................?? see you can share ideas.....................

Dell-Alienware?

The rumor on the street is that Dell is in the process of buying Alienware. Alienware resumes are flying according to the same rumor.

So, now it really gets interesting.

Buy a dual core Dell M90 (probably similar to M70 approx $4k on M70) that comes out in a few days OR...

Buy an Alienware MJ-12 M7700a with an AMD Opteron 154 (2.8 ghz) with an NVIDIA Quadro & 17" LCD (15.6 x 11.7 x 2.1) about $5k.

Choices, choices.

Bo

Some of us are unfortunately left with the 3rd option, as listed below:

Dang - I tried to scroll....

(Almost didn't admit it, though.)

WT

And the 3rd option is...?

Thanks - Bo

"Bo" wrote in news:1142448136.639390.161370 @j52g2000cwj.googlegroups.com:

Nothing. I doubt I'll ever have a budget for such a thing.

Well, a Dell "Special Deal" right about now on an M20 or M70 just before or after the new model arrives ought to be available today with basic specs for $1373-1723, and if you l crank the options up to a decent level, you add about $1000 on both machines.

Clicking the "Discount Details" button on the Dell website shows a $425 web discount from their website. I don't know what a refurb'd demo might price at.

In my book that is reasonable pricing, though not cutting edge hardware, but then how near to cutting edge do you want.

My M60 right now is still no slouch in running SolidWorks 2006 SP 3.4, and it is 2 years old w/only 1 Gig of RAM and a 7200 RPM HD, as long as I don't run large assemblies, which I rarely do.

Good Choices Exist - Bo

Generally, I spend a lot of time (in small increments) waiting on SW. So, no machine is really fast enough. There is a limit to what is reasonable, of course. Generally, we get pretty close to top of the line, because of the waiting. Using an M70 all day would waste money, because there are faster systems, such as the Alienware FX60. To further prevent me from getting one of those, I don't generally need a lot of mobility (a few trips a year). So, I can't justify nearly 2x the cost of building a desktop system, for the limited benefit I'd get from a mobile.

Not that I won't propose it just in case, now that desktop replacement workstations are available, and I need a PC more when I do travel. Still, I'd be very surprised if such a thing ever got approved. So, I'm most likely stuck with option #3.

On my own budget, I have looked at the M20...

I understand.

Home, my shop/office, patent attorney, toolmakers, vendors, assembly shop floor, molding, hospitals, RP job shop, product planning meetings or in other words, lots of places, so for me it makes a lot of sense.

Bo