m70 or d810?

Have to choose between the m70 and d810.
I would appreciate to have more info to help me to choose.

 

try going to http://www.dell.com and looking at the specs and information they have here and then come back to the forums with specific questions you have.

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That's what I've done but one think is reading about Ultra 6800 - x600 and other stuff, one thing is knowing how everything works together.
That's why I asked my question.
There's not even a review of the m70 in cnet.

 

Thank you!
Have you tested the m70 or d810?
Do you own one of them?

 

Hi Ranky,

Here is some info for you to help you choose

M70

- Intel Pentium M
- Level 2 (L2) cache 2 MB (on die)
- External bus frequency 533 MHz
- System chipset Intel 915PM
- Memory type 400/533 DDRII SDRAM (2gb max)
- Serial 9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible, 16-byte buffer connector
- Video 15-hole connector
- Audio microphone miniconnector, stereo headphones/speakers miniconnector
- USB four 4-pin USB 2.0-compliant connectors
- Infrared sensor sensor compatible with IrDA Standard 1.1 (Fast IR) and IrDA Standard 1.0 (Slow IR)
- S-video TV-out 7-pin mini-DIN connector for S-video composite video, and S/PDIF (TV/digital audio-adapter cable supports composite video and S/PDIF)
- Mini PCI Type IIIA Mini PCI card slot
- Modem RJ-11 support
- Network adapter RJ-45 port
- Network adapter 1GB Ethernet LAN on system board
- Wireless internal Mini PCI Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless support
- Video controller: nVidia Quadro FX Go1400 (Video memory 256MB )
- Audio type AC’97
- Display Type (active-matrix TFT) WXGA, WSXGA+, or WUXGA
- Weight: With CD drive and 80 WHr battery 3.141 kg (6.92 lbs) typical

The M70 serves two primary customers sets:

1. First, customers who need high performance notebooks at a compelling price. Performance for these users is benchmark driven, however having industry leading specifications is also important, such as fast and large HDD, large memory capacity, high resolution and large displays, and the latest Intel processors and chipset.

2. Second, are customers who need Workstation class performance, in a portable package.

3D Graphics Performance

Supports Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0
Pixel and Vertex Shaders
Quad rendering & dual vertex engines
Full precision floating point with full performance
0.13 micron VPU featuring Low-K process technology
Fast 3D engine speed
Low power operation
PCIe x16 interface
Less than 75 watt, no auxiliary power required
NV38GL GPU at 350MHz
256bit Memory Interface
256MB DDR1 Memory at 275MHz
Up to 16X Anti-aliasing and 8X Anisotropic filtering.
OpenGL 1.5


D810

- Processor type Intel Pentium M
- Level 2 (L2) cache 2 MB (on die)
- External bus frequency 533 MHz
- System chipset Intel 915PM
- Memory type 400/533 DDRII SDRAM (2gb Max)
- Serial 9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible, 16-byte buffer connector
- Video 15-hole connector
- Audio microphone miniconnector, stereo headphones/speakers miniconnector
- USB four 4-pin USB 2.0-compliant connectors
- Infrared sensor sensor compatible with IrDA Standard 1.1 (Fast IR) and IrDA Standard 1.0 (Slow IR)
- S-video TV-out 7-pin mini-DIN connector for S-video composite video, and S/PDIF (TV/digital audio-adapter cable supports composite video and S/PDIF)
- Mini PCI Type IIIA Mini PCI card slot
- Modem RJ-11 support
- Network adapter RJ-45 port
- Network adapter 1GB Ethernet LAN on system board
- Wireless internal Mini PCI Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless support
- Video controller ATI Mobility Radeon X600 (128 MB)
- Audio type AC’97
- Display Type (active-matrix TFT) WXGA, WSXGA+, or WUXGA
- Weight: With CD drive and 80 WHr battery 3.141 kg (6.92 lbs) typical


The D810 serves two primary customers sets:

1. First, customers who need high performance notebooks at a compelling price. Performance for these users is benchmark driven, however having industry leading specifications is also important, such as fast and large HDD, large memory capacity, high resolution and large displays, and the latest Intel processors and chipset.

2. Second, are customers who need mainstream performance, however they want large displays. For these users costs point is critical, hence one of the primary objectives of Laguna is to bring down the cost point of the notebook.

3D Graphics Performance

Supports Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0
Pixel and Vertex Shaders
Quad rendering & dual vertex engines
Full precision floating point with full performance
0.13 micron VPU featuring Low-K process technology
Fast 3D engine speed
Low power operation

Cheers,
Madaxle

 

Both laptops are solidly build. The graphics card in the m70 will be a few orders of magnitude faster than that in the d810. It's not really a good comprison.

Basically, these 2 laptops cater to different user groups. the m70 is a mobile graphics workstation, designed for CAD/CAM work. The D810 is a workplace laptop on sterioids (you don't need x600 to run MS Office, but you might need x600 to run the next version of Windows )

performance-wise, there really isn't a comparison -- the m70 will be faster hands down with similar options. Of course the m70 will also be more expensive. The question lies do you need the extra firepower of that FX Quadro graphics card? If you don't game and don't do CAD, the answer is NO.

build quality wise, I have an old Dell latitude, and it's build SOLID. The m70 are encased in a tri-metal composite, unlike the I8600s that it's modeled after. Both will be very solidly build.

know what you need it to do, and pick accordingly.

cheers,

yass


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