For true portable warriors, there’s nothing as reassuring as having brute-force computing power growling under the
keyboard. That’s exactly how using the Dell

Precision M65 workstation laptop feels. Forget mono-core CPU’s with “measly” 1GB RAM and 128MB graphics chips. This Dell effortlessly crushes other laptops because of its hefty size and brazen specs.

Let’s start with the dual-core Intel processor running at 2.16GHz. couple that with 2GB of DDR2 dual-channel RAM and a professional nVidia Quadro CPU with 512MB RAM and you can imagine just how beefy this laptop is.

It’s the ultimate cure for MacBook Pro envy and it serves as obsolescence insurance against the probably resource-hungry Windows Vista.

Weighing in at around 3 kilograms, the M65 is a shoulder-sagging piece of equipment. The chassis is made of magnesium alloy which could probably stop shrapnel should you consider a career change as a war correspondent. Going along for the ride on this hefty beast is a huge 15.4-inch widescreen display and spare room for a secondary hard drive. If the Dell doesn’t qualify as a desktop replacement, we’re short on other candidates,

Its performance with ordinary computing tasks doesn’t come as a surprise in the same way as you’d expect a M1A1 Abrams tank to ignore potholes and compact sedans on streets. This Dell might be overkill for some, but mobile professionals will probably need it for heavy duty computing. For the record, the “M” in M65 probably stands for “monster.”