SvenC

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.

CSoDimm 64 GB 418€ - thats the first time that the upgrade price from Dell from 16 to 64GB is not that much of an issue with 474€ - maybe a step in the right direction. We'll see how Dell behaves if the CSoDimm prices drop - SO-DIMM 64 GB is around 160€ and less.

Problem now is, that its not good old SODIMM but CSoDIMM which is not as widely available. Potentially this will fit That would be roughly the same price as SODIMM - 200€ for 64GB.

Dell Pro Max Plus is online in Australia: Dell Pro Max Plus 18 Inch Mobile Workstation Laptop | Dell Australia Now in germany as well: Dell Pro Max Plus 18 Zoll-Workstation – Leistung durch großes Display | Dell Deutschland

Here is a french Dell link, which indicates 17th of July as start for the Dell Pro Max Plus.

So, currently available SO-DIMM DDR5 modules won't work? I could not find CSoDimms online.

Is CSoDimm different to SO-DIMM?

Dell Pro Max 14 and 16 are online in Germany. Funny price tag: starting at 121000 € - display currently max 300 nits, hmm. Maybe I'll spend that for a Porsche instead? 😉

It says QHD+ here. I'd expect that to be 2560x1600 not 2560x1440. But I found the other post with 1440p as well. Is there an official announcement page from dell?

Thanks for the CMOS reset info - was worried as well if one had to unplug the CMOS battery for that by disassembling about everything in that laptop.

Should be 16:10 ratio - so I would expect 1920x1200 and 3840x2400 and maybe 2560x1600