Dell Precision M6700 Owner's Review

Thank you once again.

 

I never trusted backpacks for computers. People's backs aren't flat, and they move, so the computer inside is being flexed.

This backpack is neat, though, with some sort of anti-crush enclosure around the computer.

Hmm. This review says the M6700 has four USB 3 ports, and that the FHD display has a delta-E of 5.5. The first statement is clearly wrong. The delta-E figure seems uncharacteristically high.

 

You are correct of course. But as I'm sure you also know, no one review can get everything right. That's why we're fortunate to have an opportunity such as this to receive reviews and inputs from multiple sources in addition to this valuable "owner's review."

 

good point about flex.

 

Pelican stuff is practically indestructible.

 

The display measurements are only as good as the people and hardware taking the measurements.

With the IPS panel, you have to measure it in a completely dark room to measure the darkest colors.

You also have to let the screen warm up for 20 or so minutes to make sure it has "settled in".

Running measurements and calibration on the M6700 screen. Will be posting it this afternoon.

It is better than the M6600. I don't know if it is the panel or the new version of the PremierColor software, but it is staying at exactly 6500k with the same Gamut from 80 nits to 304nits. I am having to get screen shots of everything because this is beyond what I have seen before.

Update:
First measurements are posted. I was not expecting the screen to be this good. Just wow. See for yourself.

 

Wowzers! And I was thinking about an AW, lol. That screen alone is a home runner. So what's the actual gamut? 110% ARGB?

 

I guess we can calculate it using the Area of a Triangle formula in Coordinate Geometry.

Area = Ax(By - Cy) + Bx(Cy - Ay) + Cx(Ay-By)/2

The M6700 ends up with a measured area of 0.1815675

Standard AdobeRGB has a standard area of .015115

The M6700 IPS panel covers 20.1240489579888% more color gamut than the AdobeRGB standard.

Standard NTSC has an area of .158199

The M6700 IPS panel covers 14.7715851554055% more color gamut than the NTSC CIE 1931 standard.

Standard sRGB has a standard area of .1120500

This would put the M6700 IPS panel at 62.0414% more coverage than sRGB.

For fun, the MacBook Pro with Retina display covers 67.3% of the AdobeRGB color space according to Anandtech. As measured, the M6700 covers 120.12% of the Adobe color gamut.

This would mean the MBP15 Retina display covers 56.025% of the M6700IPS color gamut. Another way to put it is that the M6700 IPS display can display 78.3% more colors than the MBP15 Retina.

 

Amazing. I can't wait for Dell to fix the FirePro+IPS compatibility, so I can finally place my order.

 

Why Firepro?