Aaron44126

I think "no" is a fair assumption at this point. It should have been available at launch. The support site should list it as a supported component for the GPU driver. It's possible they planned to have this available and then plans changed before launch (which could explain @MyPC8MyBrain's rep being able to "see" it in the system). It is always possible that they will add it later... But since it is already an "under the table" option (only available through a rep), probably we won't know until if/when they decide to add it, and even then someone will have to find out through a rep because it is not like it will just pop up on the web site.

Indeed, I have not seen confirmation that a GeForce GPU is actually available as a choice, I'm was just making an assumption based on what they've done with the last few generations.

If it is like the previous generations, you can order the system with a GeForce GPU, but only by going through a sales rep. It will not perform faster than RTX Pro 5000 but it might be slightly cheaper. (I gamed on a Precision mobile workstation with a “Pro” GPU for about a decade, there’s no issue with that.)

To get a GeForce card for one of these workstations you must contact a sales rep, it is not available as an option on the web site. (I am actually not sure if they are offering 5080 or 5090. They will only have one option for GeForce.)

I've done a lot of emulators, but never Xbox. However, I know that this site is a good starting point to know what the options are for any console. (It looks like you should look at xemu.) https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Xbox_emulators#Emulators

No. No one makes such a card. The one from the Pro Max 16/18 Plus will not fit. You can look at a Thunderbolt / eGPU solution.

...I also cannot find an option for the bottom cover on the order page, but I am pretty sure that I saw it on the 18" system page before? You should contact a sales rep. Not only can they generally get you a better price than you can get on the web site, but they sometimes have access to system configuration options that you can't get on the web site either. The naming convention is truly a mess, superlative soup that does not make sense. You are right that each differently named system is a completely different system, not just an internal spec swap. I am sure that someone at Dell had a "logic" for setting it up the way that they did, but us regular people will have a hard time making sense of it. They aren't even internally consistent. Looking at the order page for the 16" system, it says "New Dell Pro Max 16 Plus" in the header at the top of the page, but the page title (that you see in the tab bar for example) says "Dell Pro Max Plus 16". Do you put the number before or after the "Plus" ...?

@Mambucho's image is a CG representation, you get this by picking the "explode system" view in the 3D/360° viewer thing on the order page. The best place for images is the service manual. I posted a few previously but there are many more. You have to navigate to the section on replacing or installing a specific part and see what you can see. https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-pro-max-mb18250-laptop/dell-pro-max-18-plus-mb18250-owners-manual/Dell-Pro-Max-18-Plus-MB18250-Owners-Manual?guid=guid-0882cfdc-c140-418b-942d-feaed12da755&lang=en-us It does look like the USB-C connectors can be replaced separately from the entire motherboard. [Edit] I appreciate that it doesn't look too hard to get the fans out, and you can also remove the fans (i.e. for proper cleaning) without removing the entire heatsink? This hasn't been possible since Precision M6800 (2013).

Yeah, just right-click any entry and select "TOTP -> Set up TOTP". You'll have to give it the "secret string" from the web site where you are setting up 2FA. (Usually the site presents a QR code but has something to click if you can't scan the code, which will reveal the secret string.) After it is set up, you can pull codes from the KeePassXC UI, or you can also right-click a text field in the browser (if you have the integration set up) and select "Fill TOTP" and it will just plop it in for you.

I am a fan of KeePassXC and I will describe a bit how I put it to use. https://keepassxc.org/ KeePassXC is a free / open source password management solution. It uses the same database format as KeePass 2, but unlike that one, it is cross-platform (Windows / Linux / macOS). There are extensions to have it auto-populate passwords in browsers (Firefox, or Chromium-based). It can also autofill passwords in other desktop apps with a keyboard shortcut. You can specify what the autofill key sequence is for each individual password entry. (Username + tab + password + enter is default, but you can override that.) It also supports TOTP functionality (i.e. Google Authenticator style temporary six-digit codes). For syncing between devices, I put the KeePass database in "the cloud" but protect it with a "key file" which I do not store in "the cloud", but rather only shuffle between devices "by hand". With a "key file" plus a complex master password, if someone were to grab the password database file, it still should be impossible to get anything useful out of it. For access from mobile devices (iOS / iPadOS), I use the app "Keepassium" which can read the same password database format. It hooks into iOS's password autofill mechanism so you can autofill passwords in any browser or app (...well some sites and apps are stubborn and for those you can open the Keepassium app itself and copy/paste what you need out). The free version is adequate if you only use one password database. I imagine that there is also a solution for Android, but I don't have any Android devices to worry about. KeePassXC doesn't support any cloud functionality. To sync the database between devices, you can just put it in a cloud file store of your choice. The specific mechanism that I use to keep it in sync between desktop and mobile is to have the password database stored in iCloud Drive. Keepassium is happy to open the file right out of there, and if you have it "keep the folder downloaded" (you set this in the Files app), it will automatically keep a local copy of that database file any time that it is changed. Two things that need to be set in KeePassXC (on all devices) are "Automatically reload the database when modified externally" (makes automatic sync work properly between desktop/desktop) and "Use alternate saving method: Directly write to the database file" (makes automatic sync work properly between desktop/mobile). (I used to try storing it in OneDrive, which "works" but on the mobile side I sometimes had issues with the sync getting hung up. I would have to unlink the OneDrive-hosted database file from Keepassium and hook it up again in order to jar it into working. With iCloud Drive plus the settings that I mentioned above, it has been completely smooth sailing. The only complaint that I have is that the Windows iCloud Drive client could use some work and sometimes takes several minutes in order to notice that the file has been changed and sync up. But, it is pretty uncommon that I add a new password or change a password on one device and then immediately need access to it on another device.) I know that you've been messing with Linux but I am not sure if there is an iCloud Drive solution for Linux. When I had Linux in the mix, I used a separate script to check a Windows system and keep the database file up to date if one copy or the other had changed. Using this solution puts you in control of your password database and keeping it backed up. With a good backup strategy for both the database file and the key file, it should be "impossible" to lose your passwords. (Here I am thinking that there will be a backup mechanism on top of having it stored in "the cloud". You should have some way to retrieve it if that breaks, or if the database file becomes corrupt somehow — which has never happened to me but is something that I'd like to plan for.) I think a personal password database is too important to trust to someone else.

I don't know about Edge, but AdGuard [free] does seem to offer decent ad protection on Firefox on iOS, which is what I use. (Talking about general browsing, not YouTube, which again I barely touch.)

AdGuard is a good option for ad blocking on iOS / iPadOS. You can use the free plan, don't need to pay for "premium". There are some steps that need to be taken to "properly" activate it in Safari that it walks you through. A cursory check for me makes it seem that it does block ads in YouTube, but sometimes you need to reload the page when starting a new video because it gets hung up when YouTube wants to show an ad. (I very rarely consume YouTube content on anything other than my laptop, so my experience here is pretty light. Well, when I know that I am going to be away for a while and want some stuff to watch on my phone, I might pre-download some YouTube content with a third-party app and that will also avoid ads.)

If the NVIDIA driver installer is requesting that you install a standard driver instead of DCH, that's because you already have a standard driver installed and it wants to upgrade to the same type. Remove the NVIDIA driver that is already installed (using DDU if you have to) and then install the DCH driver.

NVIDIA will answer that for you. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/

The 16" Pro Max Plus has options for 1920×1200 and 3840×2400. The 18" Pro Max Plus just has one option and it is in between, 2560×1600. (You can see these right on the order page where you select your configuration.)