Desktop power in a semi portable frame? I tested the Dell Pro Max 18 Plus and it's a tank you can take to a coffee shop

TechRadar Verdict The Dell Pro Max 18 Plus is a massive mobile workstation that has enough power to devour your professional workload as a developer, engineer, project manager, AI architect and the likes. It has spectacular ports, phenomenal power, and massive memory, offering a desktop-class machine in a machine you can put in a backpack or take to a board meeting. It’s not the easiest thing to lug around, though, for those who need bouts of semi-portability, this beast may just be what you are looking for (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future ) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future ) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future ) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future ) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future ) (Image credit: Collin Probst // Future ) Pros + Positively powerful + Massive 18-inch display + Powerful Ports + Great keyboard Cons - Shockingly expensive - Very heavy - Display is good, not great Why you can trust TechRadar Find out more about how we test. Dell has been in the game for quite some time for the business professional, so when I got word of their newest 18-inch flagship, I knew I’d have to get my hands on it. Most of the high-powered laptops that get the flashy marketing are focused on video and photos. But there is an entirely different type of power needed for coders, developers, engineers, QA teams, and those who have to be able to bounce in and out of all of this as a hands-on PM to make sure everything that needs to get done gets done. Not everyone lives in a wonderful world where they can have dedicated machines for everything they need to manage; some only get a single machine. Still, there are others who prefer the single machine that can do it all method, myself included, as then anything I need to do at any given time is accessible with a few keystrokes. That’s where the best mobile workstations like the Dell Pro Max 18 Plus come into play. One machine with remarkable power that can dive into whatever, whenever, wherever. It’s designed very clearly for business professionals working in the engineering and development space, but could be used by people with similar needs. Just know that this is not the laptop for everyone, but it is the perfect laptop for those that need sort of desktop performance in a portable frame. Dell Pro Max 18 Plus: Price and availability As with most computers, the pricing varies drastically between base or entry model laptops and higher configurations. The base model of the Dell Pro Max 18 Plus starts at around $3500, and jumps up to over triple that. It's available from Dell US and Dell UK . My model specifically is priced at $9,245, boasting an Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor, 128GB of RAM, a...

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