Dell Precision Workstations to Go; Dell Mobile Workstation Offers Certified Hardware for Professional Applications.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 For an architect who needs to create designs at the job site, a movie director who wants to edit on location, or any content-creation professional working in or beyond the office, the world's leading supplier of workstations(a) today announced the Dell(tm) Precision(tm) Workstation M40, Dell's first mobile workstation. The Precision M40 enables workstation-application users to create and display their work in the office or around the world. It combines performance hardware that performs complex tasks with the mobility that eliminates the need to carry bulky and expensive drawings and video. The new Dell system was developed for customers who requested a mobile computer with workstation benefits such as hardware certified for critical OpenGL applications and specialized technical support. The Precision M40 is appropriate for 2-D and 3-D professional workstation users focused on segments such as: mechanical computer-aided drawing (MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design ); architecture electronic creation (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ); digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. (DCC (1) (Direct Cable Connection) A Windows 95/98 feature that allows PCs to be cabled together for data transfer. DCC actually sets up a network connection between the two machines. ); global information systems (GIS); and software development. The Dell Precision Dell Precision is a line of workstation computers produced by Dell, Inc.. Current Dell Precision Desktop Models
Alias/Wavefront's Maya software is an award-winning 3-D animation and visual effects package for the film, broadcast, video, games/interactive and visualization markets. "Artists creating with Maya need the ability to work remotely with freedom and flexibility without compromising performance," said Bill Buxton, chief scientist of Alias/Wavefront. "The Precision M40 mobile workstation and Maya will offer artists a powerful combination of mobility, creativity and productivity." "The Precision M40 mobile workstation from Dell is the ideal platform for a performance-demanding application such as Avid's Xpress DV Avid Xpress DV is a popular non-linear video editing application available to professionals on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computers. See also
Landmark is a leading supplier of software and services for the upstream oil and gas industry. "The Precision M40 is the ultimate portable system for oil exploration, production and business decision analysis and data management," said John Sherman John Sherman can refer to:
The Precision M40 base configuration includes the NVIDIA Quadro The NVIDIA Quadro is a series of AGP and PCI Express graphics cards created by the NVIDIA Corporation. The cards are designed to accelerate CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and DCC (digital content creation) and are usually found in workstations. 2Go workstation graphics card with 32MB of video RAM Also called "VRAM," it is the type of memory used in a display adapter. Video RAM is designed with dual ports so that it can simultaneously refresh the screen while text and images are drawn in memory. It is faster than the common DRAM or SDRAM chips used as main memory in the computer. , an Intel(tm) Pentium(tm) III-M processor at 1.2GHz with L2 cache which supports Intel's SpeedStep(tm) technology, 512MB SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , 15-inch UXGA (Ultra XGA) A screen resolution of 1600x1200 pixels. See PC display modes.  LCD
display with 1600 x 1200 resolution, DVD/CD-RW combo drive, 48GB(b)
5ATA-100 5400 RPM hard drive, an eight-cell lithium-ion
"smart" battery and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.
Pricing for the Dell Precision Workstation M40 in the United States
begins at $3,799(c).
"The Precision M40 demonstrates Dell's innovation in workstation technology to our customers," said Tim Mattox, vice president of Dell's relationship product marketing group. "Dell customers can carry the benefit of Precision performance and certification wherever they go." Dell Precision Workstations Dell Precision Workstations are intended for professional users who demand exceptional performance in the digital content creation, computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive , geographic information systems, computer animation, software development and financial analysis markets. For more information about Dell Precision Workstations visit www.dell.com/precision. Dell holds the No. 1 market share position for unit shipments in the worldwide total branded workstation market, according to estimates by IDC(a). About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL) is the world's No. 1 computer systems company and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled $32.6 billion. Dell ranks No. 48 on the Fortune 500, No. 122 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 7 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com. (a) IDC, The Workstation Market 2001, Q2 Quarterly Update, Aug. 2001. (b) For hard drives, GB means 1 billion bytes; accessible capacity varies with operating environment. (c) All pricing, specifications, and availability may change without notice. Taxes and shipping charges extra, and vary. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. U.S. only. Dell and Dell Precision are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft and Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Fortune 500 is a registered trademark of The Time Inc. Magazine Company. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. NOTE TO EDITORS: In the company name "Alias/Wavefront," the forward slash between "Alias" and "Wavefront Noun 1. wavefront - (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium wave front " should actually be a pipe symbol (a vertical line). It was replaced for transmission purposes only. |
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