Ends 3/30. Dell Business has the new Dell Precision M4700 3rd Gen Core i5 15.6" Mobile Workstation Laptop for
$1019 with free shipping. Features the 3rd generation Intel Core i5-3340M 3.4GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, AMD FirePro M4000 Mobility Pro 1GB graphics, and Windows 7 Professional.
PCMag gave it an "excellent" rating.
Dell Precision M6700 Intel Core i5-3340M 17.3" Mobile Workstation for $1459 with free shipping
looks fat and clunky, like a 1980s laptop
They were still making chunky models as little as 5-10 years ago, and apparently even today. Yes it's more bulky to carry but all else equal, that makes it more durable too and often results in things you won't think much about till a problem happens, like a separate daughter board for USB ports so if you were to damage one you don't have to replace or do microsurgery on the mainboard, instead replacing only the separate USB socket PCB... though never having poked around inside this series, that is only a generalization.