Dell Precision M4700 and M6700 - Preliminary Info

Then buy the competitor's product and teach them a lesson. Of course its a strategy. Businesses are in business to make money and that's just what they do.

Still, its unlikely to change the decisions of Dell fans since most of these consumers are pretty brand specific. Dell's people will wait for Dell no matter when they release it.

Only those newcomers to the market are at stake of being lost to the competition due to the late arrival. That's why it always a good strategy to make a timely announcement. Credit Apple.

 

In my experience most movies seems to be 21:9 ratio nowadays, are you saying that is what we should expect next (to get rid of those borders while watching movies)? Maybe that's why dell doesn't release the specs for the next generation yet...
Kind of cool, then we have room for a fullsize keyboard plus some extra.

 

Like the man said 16:10 is dead and it won't be coming back. For the record movies are typically 1.85:1 though a few may go as wide as 2.35:1 (Cinemascope) plus or minus a few fractions.

Today's 16:9 is the new TV standard which while not perfect, is the closes compromise since the old TV standard 4:3. If it help remember that TV set the stage for all monitor resolution. If not for it, you would still be view your computer's output via ticker tape or punch cards.

 

Huh? TV is irrelevant. To pay that much $$ for workstation hardware (need that fast ram, workin hard, crunchin that data!) then put a MOVIE aspect ratio on there, as if you are going to get some sort of cinematic experience from a laptop at any res, while on a bench or train, is ridiculous

There's no way this M6700 is coming with the option, I'd be shocked. Will have to wait for the next hardware design.

 

Krane, I think you might have misplaced some decimal places. It is 1.85:1 as the standard which is technically 16.65 x 9 and 2.35:1 which is technically 21.15:9. So yes 16x9 and 21x9 are correct aspect ratios. And computer monitors and resolution ACTUALLY set the stage for Digital Television. PC monitors were progressive first and not interlaced like analog televisions. PC monitors were also first with "square pixels" which forced a "non-square pixel" standard when digitizing analog signals. You could say that PC monitors and PC technology in general ushered in DIGITAL and HD television.

And Punch Cards were more of a way of storing DATA not viewing it. Punch Cards were ancient Floppies, CD's, DVD's, Hard Drives and flash cards.

 

Somebody forgot to tell this to Apple when they were ordering their new Retina screen for the MBP 15..

 

Apple is an innovator on most things but still a dinosaur on other. See those one size/type/color dull looking notebooks fits all for example. This is another of those times.

Yes, yes it was late and I was tired.

Ok.

Actually they did both.

On the contrary, it is TV that's driving the display market. How else do you explain its aspect ratio proliferation? Do I have to keep explaining this until I'm blue in the face?

 

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I checked with the team that handles engineering escalations. The guy I was talking to said he didn't see this issue on their list at first blush, but he will dig a little deeper later when he has time. In the meantime, I'll also get an inquiry over to the engineering quality team that does the issue discovery to see if it's on their radar. If they find similar complaints, they'll make sure it goes to the engineering escalations team.

Anybody ever ask that of a manufacturer besides Dell? We're not the only ones that moved to 16:9.

Incorrect assumption. I don't lie, my friend. I may be wrong, but I don't lie. If you don't trust the "hint," and there's a competitor product on the market today that you like, by all means buy it and enjoy.

Not trying to crack wise, but on the one hand you say Apple goes the extra mile with regard to aspect ratio, while on the other hand saying they don't with configuration options, right? I'm just trying to point out that component aggregators are faced with trade-offs when I put the question that way. Some trade-offs are non-starters for some companies/product lines. Evidently, moving away from 16x10 for Apple is a non-starter, regardless of cost, global market trends or otherwise. The rest of the world pretty much uses 16X9, just like us. Reducing configuration options, to a degree, is a non-starter for Dell on the Precision line.

Sorry, but I should have researched before I said "whole motherboard." It would be the left I/O board, part number W215F.
W215F | Dell Precision M6400 Circuit Boards Working Pull

 

Awesome, thanks. I should mention it might not be the driver specifically but Intel's Graphics control panel & related software igfxpers.exe. Here are a few links where users are reporting the issue to intel Intel HD 3000 drivers hamper display calibration, Custom colour profiles and Intel graphics chipsets, External Display Calibration w/ GMA 3000 . A Google search will yield plenty of other examples.