Two years ago, my boss decided to outfit me with the tools I needed to give presentations and demo features in Windows and Windows Server. Back then, the tool of choice was a Dell Latitude E6500. The full specifications of the work horse I used the past two years can be found here.

Today, I received a new device to use as both my day-to-day laptop and demo station for the next two years:

Dell Precision M4700

A brand new Dell Precision M4700 with the following specs:

• Intel Core i7-3820QM processor (3rd Gen, 2.70GHz, 8MB cache, Quad Core)
• 32 GB (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
• Nvidia Quadro K1000M graphics card with 2GB GDDR3
• 15.6" UltraSharp Full-HD (1920×1080) Anti-Glare LED-backlit Display Panel
• 256 GB SATA Solid State Disk (SSD) Minicard
• 750 GB SATA 7200rpm Hard Disk
• 8x DVD +/- RW-station
• Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (802.11 a/b/g/n 3X3) Network Interface Card (NIC)
• Del Wireless 380 Bluetooth card
• Integrated 1,0 MegePixel webcamera
• FIPS Fingerprint Reader
• Smartcard Reader (both contact and contactless)
• US-International Qwerty Backlit keyboard
• Standard 6-cell battery
• 4 years of Pro Support

This laptop will be installed with Windows 8 Enterprise and will be used with Hyper-V, which is now available in Windows 8, not just Windows Server 2012.