From CNET: Dell, trying to curry favor with video editors who are more likely to use a MacBook, updated its M3800 workstation with a super-high-resolution 4K display, a faster Thunderbolt 2 connection and more capacious storage options.
The company, trying to return to the glory days it once enjoyed in the PC market, is aiming the machine squarely at Apple. That rival managed to sidestep the disaster that was the PC industry in recent years by focusing on profitable premium models, chiefly its MacBook Air and Pro lines, and by leading the smartphone and tablet charge that caused much of that disaster.
Dell went private in February 2013 to try to rebuild its financial fortunes. A reviving PC market should help, but Dell still has nothing to compare with Apple's iPhone and iPad business, which carried Apple to new heights with fourth quarter profit of $18 billion on revenue of $74.5 billion.
The 15.6-inch M3800, more powerful than your average laptop but not a lot larger, is geared for people who need to push a lot of pixels around when creating or editing videos. To that end, it also has an Nvidia K1100M video card, a model with a 384-core graphics chip aimed at professionals in contrast to the consumer-oriented GeForce line. Software for video and image processing increasingly relies on the graphics chip, not just the main CPU, for computing muscle.
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