Dell Precision M4700 and M6700 - Preliminary Info

Thanks, we should probably give it a try again, just to be clear the Korean software has nothing to do with the fp scanner, it is conflicting with the fp scanner driver and keeping the fp scanner from working or vice versa.

 

What about the performance on the SSD sata III drive offered, are they high performance or cheap average performing?
Reason why I ask is that the samsung SSD PM800 256GB I got with my m4500 is really poor/slow (Samsung's software doesn't even recoginze to be a samsung drive).

Or should I buy a cheap HDD and by a high performance SSD drive separtely? looking for a 256GB or 500GB drive.

PS. Looking for the m4700

 

I just ordered an M4700 for an Autodesk / Revit user. We went with the 256gb mSata and 750gb Platter HD. The upgrade price for the 128gb mSata is cheap. Very cheap.

On the M6700 the mSata drive is Sata2. This means it is limited to 300 mb/sec of throughput. This is not as fast as the 500+ mb/sec 2.5" drives on Sata3 connections, but in normal use it is closer than you would think. I need to get measurements to back this up, but unless you are transferring lare files, the mSata and 2.5" drives are close unless you are transferring or reading large files. The normal small file reads and writes will not fully saturate the Sata2 interface.

If I were ordering a personal machine and wanted the most performance with still having storage, I would get the 128 or 256 mSata and a platter drive for storage.

The other option would be a 2.5" 512gb SSD. Just make sure you get one that will fully use the Sata3 interface.

 

These ball park figures never really mean much to me since they rarely tell you what power level the computer is operating at. I would assume these are web surfing times as opposed to the much greater gaming/heavy use time? Which would reduce it by maybe...a third?

 

Take 97Whr of battery and divide by average power draw.

I can surf the web and do normal office tasks and average out at 20 watts. This is around 5 hours.

Running Adobe Lightroom I am using 30 - 36 watts. This is around 3 hours.

You have 97 Whr in the "tank". How much you keep hitting the gas pedal will determine how far you get.

 

I slowly find myself wanting a M6700. With ips and quadro K4000.

My only problem is mobile broadband is not avaiable with ips (and nowhere is maybe except x230 which is way too small). And I do hate mobile broadband sticks with passion (and I need the 3/4 G).

Maybe I will test some mobile broadband hotspots...

 

With me its a convenient feature, but its certainly not a deal breaker.
On the good side, the dongles are getting smaller and faster every day, so not all of them are big and ugly. There is also the flexibility of multiple uses. You also have a much wider choice of carriers.

 

That is nicer on the picture. But anything bigger then a logitech mouse receiver bothers me (that I keep plugged in even while carrying the M6600). And without micro-micro-micro sim's that wont happen

And the inside modem I have now is independent (any carrier I wish for).

 

When will the Quadro K4000M/K300M be available for the M6700?

 

Me too........