Dell M6400 Vs Lenovo W700

Whatcha Think??

 

with the qx9300 processor the M6400 is about $1000 cheaper..
i cant see anything wrong with either of them.
i guess it comes down to taste.
id take the dell.

 

hm,

beside dell m6400 and lenovo w700, in this category there is also hp 8730w..

best quality displays would be on hp and dell, quantity (400 nits) goes to
lenovo. led backlight displays also consume less energy..

lenovo (ibm's design) was famous for build quality, but new thinkpads seems
to have flexing keyboard due to reduced weight.. hp has combined aluminum
exterior with a magnesium alloy chassis and meets military standard for dust
and altitude.. new dell precision industrial design uses aluminum for lcd back
and base..

dell and lenovo have 9 cell, 85 whr battery, hp 8 cell 73 whr.. hp uses 120w
or 150 w power supply, depending on configuration, lenovo 170w and dell
210 w..

dell and lenovo use ddr3 memory, which should result in 30% less power draw
per memory stick.. only dell can be configured with 16 gb of ram..

all support quad core (45w) cpu, quadro 3700, 2 disk raid.. lenovo offers
turbo cache for hd..

dell have backlit keyboard and track pad that works like a jog/shuttle..
lenovo have optional wacom digitizer and built-in color calibrator..
hp is the only one that offers freedos..

lenovo and hp can have bd drive as optical device..

neither can be configured with p9500 cpu (25w) and nvidia 3700 quadro is
part of the recently infamous family of failing gpu's..

my ideal mobile workstation will be frankenstein with following parts:
hp chasis with lenovo implementation of wacom digitizer and pantone
calibrator, dell's backlit keyboard, track pad that works like a jog/shuttle
and motherboard with support for 16 gb of ram and displayport for running 2 external monitors, and hp's dreamcolor display..

m6400 is the closest to ideal, but i hate that it has an air intake on the
bottom side, which can easily be closed when sitting on soft surface or,
hm - ~4 kg, in my lap..

anyhow, until there is no information about noise levels and power draw,
we can only sit and wait, and most interesting configurations aren't offered
and can't be bought..

 

The M6400 will drive two 30" LCDs via the Advanced Port Replicator.

The M6400 also provide an eSATA port on the system and another on either of the Port Replicator options.

Regards,
David@Dell

 

Huge difference in size - look at the dimensions...

 

HP only supports 2 disk in exchange for a optical drive.

 

Turbo memory and DDR3 are useless in reality (though the theory, it looks good). The Quadro FX 3700M is fine, there aren't any abnormal problems with this GPU. Although they each have their own pros and cons, until all options are released, we won't be able to get an accurate comparison - especially on the weight, screen, price, and useability of the extra features.

 

yeah, it will be ~1w less per stick..

bigger hsf or fan works all the time??

agree, until requested demo samples arrive for testing, we can only
speculate..

 

Dell only allows you to purchase the m6400 with 16gig ram if you are a big business. It's very stupid. I had the same problem when I tried to order the m6300 last year. Had to jump through loops because I'm an independent contractor and they wanted me to buy a consumer grade laptop like the xps 1330. then when I was finally able to get them to do it, the order kept failing because I wanted a 64-bit os! I would have been happy with either Vista or XP.

Also there are only 4 slots so you have to get 4 gig sticks of laptop ram to do it yourself and these are very hard to find.
I think the Dell is the most beautiful of the bunch, but what is nice about the lenovo is that the drives are very easily swappable and exchangeable.

Also sucks that the premium on 16 gig of ram for the dell about $2000!

 

Hi what does this mean exactly for the M6400 - is the "advanced port replicator" something you must buy as an accessory or is it part of the M6400 design?

I have one on order and would like to use 2 monitors, one will be using the normal VGA out I suppose but not sure about how to connect the other one?

Do I need to buy some kind of docking station.

Thanks