re: Looking for a laptop for my wife...Any opinions on the Dell Precision line?

I've used a Dell Precision for the last 10-12 years at work getting a new generation every 3ish years. With the exception of the Dell M6500 they have been very dependable. Our 6500s were junk and could crap the video card or mobo after ~1.5 years. Plenty of power to run Pro/E and solve small solutions in ANSYS and Flotherm. The power bricks were f'n huge.