Dell Pro Max 16/18 Plus (2025 model) pre-release discussion — MB16250, MB18250

[SvenC]

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.

[Johhny23]

Hi @AL123, @SvenC, or anyone else,

Which RAM or NVMe SSD brand did you guys get with the Dell Pro Max 18 Plus? Also, what do you think about the screen, considering it’s not OLED or 4K?

 

I’m thinking about buying this laptop with a 1TB SSD, Intel Ultra 7, and NVIDIA RTX Pro 1000 Blackwell (8GB GDDR7). I’d mainly use it for mild gaming, web development, and general tasks.

[SvenC]

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.

[Aaron44126]

5 hours ago, Johhny23 said:

Which RAM or NVMe SSD brand did you guys get with the Dell Pro Max 18 Plus?

 

Can't go wrong with Samsung SSD, either 9100 Pro (PCIe5) or 990 Pro (PCIe4, and a little bit cheaper). Don't get the heatsink version, it won't fit.

[SvenC]

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.

[Mambucho]

I live in Russia and we won't have DELL Pro Max Plus anytime soon. 😭