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I use 2x Kingston CSODIMM 32 GB DDR5-6400 with no problems - bought them for about 110€ per stick, now 180€. But still cheaper than buying from Dell. 64GB is enough for me. Not sure how many sellers are offering 2x 64 GB CSoDimm - IIRC Crucial announced that.

I have the 18" with iGPU only and love it. Great display indoors and outdoors. Mobility is good for me. Worked in a train, Hotel no problem. WLAN and WWAN are great. Keyboard and touchpad good. Old Dock wd 19 dc works flawlessly with keyboard, LAN and two external displays plus internal display. No regrets 😀

Typically, Dell specs to the max available capacity they can test with and larger sticks which appear later will work as well, same with SSDs.

The WD19DC has two USB-C plugs and allows up to 210W. I guess the WD19S can only provide 130W, which is not even enough for the iGPU-only PMP18. I would expect it to work if you connect your power adapter and the WD19S - so, periphery from the Dock and power from your power adapter.

Yes, it is shown as compatible here dell_docking_compatibility_guide.pdf.external I have the Pro Max 18 Plus with iGPU only and that works flawlessly with my old WD19DC.

Nevertheless the keyboard works great for me, no problem with the given size.

On the 18 the keyboard width without numpad is 25,5cm. With all keys its 32,5cm. See screenshots to compare with a standard Cherry keyboard size, aligned on the left side.

I have one Kingston skc3000 4TB and one Adata SX8200 2TB - both without troubles. Kingston is of course faster due to PCIe 4: CrytalDiskMark 6800 MB/s read and 6200 MB/s write sequential and 540 read 490 write random.

I took the smallest RAM (CSoDimm) and SSD option to upgrade that myself. It came with hynix RAM and SSD. Screen is great - I would have chosen 1920x1200 even on 18" to have a better scaling fit with my external displays. So 2560x1600 is enough for me.

With light work the machine stays totally cool. With 65% battery and about 30% brightness Windows claims that it will last another 4 hours 40 minutes. Idling it goes up to 6h. Pretty nice.

Yeah, dock and power supply together should work.

My Max Pro Plus 18 arrived today and I just completed the SSD switch from my old 7680 - a few driver updates and reboots later I am up and running again. The Pro Max came with Raid On enabled, had to activate Advanced Settings to find the option to switch to AHCI/NVMe - otherwise my Win11 would not find the boot device. Screen is amazing. Works flawlessly with my WD19DC to connect 2 additional displays, USB mouse, keyboard and LAN - no extra power supply needed - guess that would be a different story for those with a dGPU where you might need to switch to the new SD25TB5 to get 280W.

My Pro Max Plus 18 shipped on 24th August from China to Germany - might arrive next week 🙂 RAM is already waiting 2x Kingston CSoDimm 32GB

How long does it run on battery on low use? Does it get hot on medium or high load?

Still no review from the new Dell Pro Max Plus 16/18. We'll order a Pro Max Plus 18" tomorrow. 265HX, iGPU only, CSoDimm (1x 16GB to upgrade myself to 2x 32GB). Should be delivered in 3 weeks, according to our sales rep.