Dell Precision M6700 Owner's Review

So glad about that! I'm using the massive 210watt one with my M90 and it is a monster. Replacement M6700 should be slightly lighter.

 

Your messages read like you are trolling the thread. You had an M6500 with an i7-840 and 3800M, got an upgrade to an M6700, and came to the this thread to complain about a screen and backpack. What were you expecting?

 

The 240W adapter is still a monster in size, but it fits in any laptop bag at least. You should see my Liteon universal 180W unit.

 

Looks like I will be ending up with an M6700. It wasn't my first choice, but the M4700 with the "oops its a TN screen, we don't do IPS for 4700 any more" is going back to Dell.

Instead I will be getting:

Composants
1 Base Option : No Smartcard Reader Base
1 Processor : 3rd gen Intel Core i7-3820QM Processor (2.70GHz Turbo, 8MB, Upgradable to Intel
vPro technology)
1 Display : 44cm (17.3") UltraSharp FHD(1920x1080) IPS RGB Anti-Glare LED-backlit Premium
Panel Guarantee
1 Palmrest : No Fingerprint Reader and No Smart Card Reader (Contact and Contactless)
Palmrest
1 Camera : Integrated 1.0 Mega Pixel Camera with Microphone for RGB LCD
1 Camera : Software for Integrated Camera (Only for standard Base )
1 Memory : 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3
1 Hard Drive : 128GB Solid State Drive Full Mini Card
1 Additional Hard Drive : 750GB 2.5inch Serial ATA (7.200 Rpm) Hard Drive
1 Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive Slot Load
1 Power Supply + Power Cord : 240W AC Adapter with Euro Power Cord
1 Battery : Primary 9-cell 97W/HR
1 Graphics Card : NVIDIA Quadro K3000M with 2GB GDDR5 for Windows 8
1 Wireless : Dell Wireless 380 Bluetooth Card
1 Wireless : EMEA Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (802.11 a/b/g/n 3X3) Half Mini Card
1 Keyboard : Internal UK/Irish QWERTY Backlit Keyboard for Windows 8
1 Additional Software : Dell Applications for Windows 7
Logiciel
1 Windows Live
1 Operating System : Windows 7 Professional (64Bit) English
1 MUI Support du système d'exploitation Windows 7 SP1 Professionnel (SE 64bits) DVD de
ressources
1 System Management : No Out-of-Band Systems Management
Service
1 Base Warranty
1 3Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day - Minimum Warranty
1 5Yr ProSupport and Next Business Day On-Site Service
1 INFO 3Yr ProSupport and Next Business Day On-Site Service

 

Any reason why you went for the i7-3820QM instead of the i7-3840QM?
The newer i7-3840QM has higher performance, but they are listed for the same price.

 

Interesting, just checked on Dell.fr and yes,same price. Will see if the order has been sent in yet. Is it a significant performance boost?




The write-up on these two processors seems almost identical, apart from a small (2%) clock frequency boost and turbo frequency boosts:
3820
3840

 

I'm not trolling the thread, nor did I come here to "complain about a screen and backpack". I had the unexpected experience of having assumed that the m6700 would be a considerable upgrade, then being very surprised when I received it. Because I was considering asking Dell to take it back and give me a new m6500 instead, I wanted to know whether others who had made this transition had similar experiences. Particularly, I wanted to know how their experience evolved over time, i.e. did they eventually decide they liked the m6700 better, after getting used to the reduced resolution.

This was an entirely reasonable thing to seek advice on, and my original post was entirely clear in stating what I sought and why. A couple of people offered very helpful replies, then several of you came to the utterly absurd conclusion that I was here to bash Dell or complain about the company. With all due respect, these replies were rather childish and immature, and you're only flaunting your ignorance by so grossly misinterpreting my original post and making false accusations.

At least there's a little upside... I've now received two very entertaining PMs as a result of the interaction, including one particularly amusing one titled "The wrath of Krane".

The folks in the m6500 thread were a lot nicer, but the system itself is now growing on me. I do consider the keyboard to have a much more flimsy feel, but I've gotten used to it. Turning tap-to-click off entirely has eliminated the touchpad issue, and I'm slowly adjusting to the reduced screen resolution.

Many thanks to the minority here who offered useful, grown-up responses to my inquiry, and who managed not to so badly misinterpret my motive as others here seem to have.

xPat

 

I am in the process of configuring a M6700 and as always the company will be complaining about system cost so I am trying to make sure I trim the right corners so I still end up with a machine that has the performance I am looking for. Can some one please shed some light on the differences between the Nvidia K5000 and K4000, the target video ram needed for my software application is 4GB so those are the two cards of choice. I will be using the new docking station and running 3 Dell Ultra-Sharp U2410 Monitor while docked at work. I lug it home every night every other month while I am on call. I am not sure if I can save some by cutting down on the screen on the laptop itself. Can anyone explain the pros and cons of the following choices?

17.3" UltraSharp™ FHD (1920x1080) NVIDIA® 3D Vision Pro, Premium Panel Guarantee [add $431.80]

17.3" UltraSharp™ FHD (1920x1080) NVIDIA® 3D Vision Pro, Premium Panel Guarantee [add $431.80]
17.3" UltraSharp™ FHD (1920x1080) Premier Color IPS RGB Anti-Glare, Premium Panel Guarantee [add $214.20]
17.3" UltraSharp™ FHD (1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare, Premium Panel Guarantee [Included in Price]
Dell Recommends
17.3" HD+ (1600x900) Anti-Glare, Premium Panel Guarantee [subtract $57.80]
I can asure you that I will not be selecting option #4

For reference below are some of the specs in the machine.
3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7-3940XM Proc(Extreme 3.0GHz, 8M cache, Upgradable to Intel® vPro™ technology)
8.0GB, DDR3-1866MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
Internal English Backlit Keyboard
Integrated HD video webcam and noise reducing array microphones
RAID 0, with SSD/HDD, no Mini-card in the RAID array
256GB 2.5" (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive
256GB 2.5" (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive, 2nd
8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load
9-cell (97Wh) Primary Lithium Ion Battery, (3.0Ah) ExpressCharge Capable
Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 802.11n 3x3 Half Mini-card
Dell Wireless™ 380 Bluetooth 4.0 LE Module
Dell Port Plus Replicator with 130-Watt Power Adapter Cord for Select Dell Latitude E-Family
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor (Three of these)

I could use some help I can save about a grand between the video card and screen on the laptop but I am not sure if that is cutting too much.

 

I would make the suggestion of showing them that quote, then show them a quote of you or your IT people adding the 2 SSD's and check on getting the memory from a vendor like Crucial. Same with the screens, there are good screens out there a bit less expensive than the Dell's.

The cost of drives from Dell and the up charge on the memory would look like you are saving a decent chunk of change and they may float the rig done that way if they are pinching pennies.

Gotta sell it as a savings

-R

 

Cut the XM CPU unless every second cost alot to you?