Precision 5000 5490

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Precision 5000 5490

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$1079.99

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Precision 5490 - Should I Buy?

I am in charge of workstation procurement for a company that uses Mastercam, which is very similar to Solidworks. We exclusively use Dell laptops. This build meets our recommended specs for most use cases. We recently put together a similar spec using the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus, which is the replaceme

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tkecanuck341 in r/Dell

September 18, 2025 9:12 PM

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Affordable Basic Laptop

Are you in the US? $200 is basically ebay money. Search up Dell Precision 5490, 5400, 5410, 5420, and 5430. Ideally you want to get 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD at minimum. This one, for example, looks pretty good: https://www.ebay.com/itm/236593763992 - you might want to cover that black blemish wit

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Cory5413 in r/laptops

January 23, 2026 12:16 AM

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Dell XPS 14/16 Not Being Sold in My Country. Suggestions for older models?

Other than the processor bump from Arrow Lake to Panther Lake, I'm not sure what's special about the new XPS vs. the Dell Premium 14/16. Why not just order one of those if you don't want to wait. The Dell Premium 14/16 are is basically just the old XPS 14/16 with an Arrow Lake processor and the Dell

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CubicleHermit in r/Dell

January 7, 2026 8:08 AM

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Buying advice for an architect ($1000-1500)

thinkpad, p1 is great, there’s also p16 and p14s. they come equipped with workstation gpu (rtx 2000 ada vs 4060) if you want and those are designed for cad in mind vs gaming. look for i7/ultra 7, kind of a sweet spot in terms of thermals and performance but will still get hot. as much ram as you can

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Canadiangamer068 in r/laptops

June 26, 2026 2:20 AM

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Dell Monthly Buying Advice Thread!

Hello, My Dell XPS is reaching it's 10 years of service and it is part of the windows 11 saga,. I would need a new laptop by the end of next year. I'm looking at the following options (US market) A) Dell pro max 14 I7 265H 16GB LPCAMM ddr5 7500 RTX pro 500 256GB M2 14' FHD Touch B) Dell precision 54

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Substantial_Zebra_14 in r/Dell

December 8, 2025 1:03 PM

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