Dell Precision 5000 Vs 7000

[Geraldine Ferraiz]

TheLatitude is the Business Line of laptops. This means reliable over being sexy to look at. The 3000 series is their lowest tier, then the the 5000 series, then 7000 series, then 9000 is their highest tier. It is the same with the Optiplex line as well.

If you look at the model number, you can learn about them buy: the second number is the screen size and the third number is the generation (Not sure what the best word for it is. Example: A Latitude 5520 is a 15" screen that is a year older than a 5530. The 5420 is the 14" version of the 5520. This is true for most of the Latitude line there are a few exceptions. Hope this helps some.

I believe the Thinkpad is a workstation laptop. If that is the case, You would want to look at the Dell Precision Line. Those are Dells productivity laptops and (IMHO) the best they have. My best guess is that the Thinkpad is closest to a Precision 5560/7560. For the most part, moving from a 5000 to a 7000 series laptop gains you more motherboard features and ports.

Users may experience the blue screen issue on Latitude gen 12 5000, 7000 or Precision 3560 at the first boot after Driver Pack is implemented through SCCM. The error code is INACCESIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. This issue may occur when the computer is configured in RAID ON mode (the default is RAID ON mode), and using the Driver Pack containing Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver 18.0.3.1148.

Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver 18.0.3.1148 in the affected driver pack can support two generations of processors; Tiger Lake and Comet Lake. Tiger Lake platforms support VMD while Comet Lake platforms support non-VMD. SCCM may load the wrong driver during deployment, and it cause the issue.

Updating the latest Dell Command Deploy Driver Pack on the computer will help resolve the issue. To download and install the latest Dell Command Deploy Driver Pack, follow the steps mentioned below.

Dell Precision is a series of computer workstations for computer-aided design/architecture/computer graphics professionals, or as small-scale business servers[citation needed]. They are available in both desktop (tower) and mobile (laptop) form. Dell touts their Precision Mobile Workstations are "optimized for performance, reliability and user experience."[1]

Although the official introduction of the Precision line was in 1997 [2] with the first systems shipping in 1998, there were some systems released under the Precision line as early as 1992. Examples are the Precision 386SX/25 in 1992 and the Precision 433i in 1993.

Dell announced a new series of Latitude laptops in August 2013: the 3000 series, the 5000 series and the 7000 series.[61] The 7000 series introduced Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM), a new type of memory module that replaced SO-DIMM.[62] In October 2015, Dell announced the first generation of Precision mobile workstations of this series with model numbers 3510, 5510, 7510 and 7710.[63] In January 2017, Dell announced the second generation laptops in this series with model numbers 3520, 5520, 7520 and 7720. [64]In April 2018, Dell announced the third generation of laptops in this series with model numbers 3530, 5530, 7530 and 7730.[65] In May 2019 Dell announced the 4th Generation of the 55xx and 7xxx series mobile workstations with the release of the 5540, 7540 and 7740 models.[66]

Docks/Port Replicators - All first generation (xx10) and second generation (xx20) Precision mobile workstation laptops support the Dell E-Series port replicator except XPS based 5510, 5520 and Latitude based 3520 models. All third generation (xx30) and higher support USB-C docks with some compatible with Thunderbolt 3 or 4 based on options or generation. Specific compatibility, charging/display limitations, or dual USB-C requirements exist requiring verification from Dell.[67]

Dell launched the E Series of laptops on August 12, 2008 with a collection of Latitude (E4200, E5400, E5500, E6400, E6500, E6400 ATG/XFR) and Precision (M4400, M2400) computers.[90] Both the Latitude and Precision computers are compatible with the new E Series docking stations (E-Port and E-Port Plus). Notably, the 17" models do not share a chassis with the Inspiron series anymore, and starting with the M4600 the 15" Precisions do not share a Latitude chassis either. QHD, UHD and RGBLED IPS models have a disabled iGPU. This has several downsides: the power consumption during low load is high and thus the battery runtimes clearly suffer despite the high-capacity battery, and Intel's QuickSync Video cannot be used. AMD GPU equipped models before the M4800/M6800 also do not support AMD Enduro Switchable Graphics.

1. The build quality of these laptop is worst ever from Dell. Not only from outside but from inside as well (motherboard level). There are number of cases I have registered, and always gets replacements. Seems like Dell is done with "best build quality" tag!

2. Second is number of driver updates. IDK if this is specific to these laptops, but what is a need to launch a 300-400-500MB of update every alternative month! I mean seriously! And there is absolutely no way to manage them! Dell Command center is worst thing you ever have offered! I have updated my laptop recently and I still can see bunch of "Critical updates" pending! Even though I was on a higher version of driver! You ask for asset tag each time we search for a driver, then have it customized or at-least remove whatever is at latest version from "pending" list!

3. I am afraid of whole Latitude series now. I don't even trust 5000, 7000 or even 9000 series for that matter. And the price at which Latitude series is offered, is horrible! Latitude 3000 series laptop feel like an open market 40-50k laptop (even those were built better by you!).

I agree with you about the build quality. My Latitude E5570 is better quality. The Latitude 3520 is cheap. Almost $2000 I am spending and all I got was a USB-C Charger and no other USB-C port to use if it is charging. I will just deal with this I guess I have no choice. Good thing I still have my Latitude E5570 I will use until 2025 Windows 10 EOS.

Well, Dell has now set the table, and it brought out the fine china. The latest Precision mobile workstations may look the same on the outside, but the insides are all new, according to Matthew Allard of the Dell Precision product team.

Higher speed is a theme of the new Precision mobile workstation, especially the high performance 7000 series. All of the new laptops have faster 3200MHz memory, compared to 2933MHz in the previous generation. The 7000 series steps it up even further, with both the 7560 and 7760 offering the option of 3466MHz SuperSpeed RAM. The only drawback is that 7000 series machines configured with SuperSpeed are limited to 64GB of max memory, whereas configurations with 3200MHz RAM can go all the way to 128GB. With the exception of the entry-level Precision 3560, all of the mobile workstations can be configured with error correcting code (ECC) memory.

As for graphics, the new Precision mobile workstations are packing the latest NVIDIA RTX professional GPUs based on the NVIDIA Ampere architecture. The new architecture improves upon everything offered in the previous generation of RTX, including new RT Cores for real-time ray tracing, Tensor Cores for AI acceleration and CUDA Cores for general graphics processing. This is a particularly big jump for the Precision 5000 series, which last year did not have RTX graphics at all (meaning no access to either RT or Tensor Cores). The entry-level 3000 series still does not offer RTX graphics, but has been bumped up to the latest mobile Turing cards (the predecessor to Ampere). At the top end, the Precision 7760 can be maxed out with an NVIDIA RTX A5000 with 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM.

The significant upgrade to the Precision mobile workstations is complemented by a similar refresh for the Precision desktop workstations. The new desktops, which include the Dell Precision 3450 and Precision 3650, have also received PCIe 4.0 support, 3200MHz RAM, optional Thunderbolt 4, and the latest processor options (including AMD graphics in addition to NVIDIA). The Dell Precision 3650 can support up to 350W graphics including the latest NVIDIA RTX A5000.

Just as Intel announced their lineup of 11th Gen Core processors, Dell has announced refreshes to multiple laptops with these new CPUs. In particular, Dell has unveiled new models of in the Precision lineup, XPS lineup, and also introduced new gaming laptops such as the Alienware m15 R6.

In their workstation focused Precision lineup, Dell announced the new Precision 5560, Precision 5760 laptops featuring latest 11th Gen Intel Core processors and Xeon mobile processors. They come with Infinity-edge displays, that are driven by NVIDIA RTX graphics backed by the NVIDIA Studio program, which ensure performance in creative applications.

For heavier workloads, Dell introduced the Precision 7000 Series mobile workstations, that offer up to NVIDIA RTX A5000 laptop GPUs. These laptops are designed for workloads such as 8K HDR video editing and huge 3D simulations, and for the first time, they come with 5G support built-in.

Dell also updated their flagship XPS lineup, with new XPS 15 and XPS 17 models, powered by 11th Gen Intel Core processors. They also come with Infinity-edge displays, including an OLED option for the XPS 15.

And finally, Dell introduced refreshes across their gaming line of laptops including the Dell G15 and the more premium Alienware m15 R6. They will be powered by 11th Gen Intel Core H-series mobile processors along with NVIDIA RTX 30-series GPUs.

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