Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

What I read is that you can try different representative and you may get difference quotes, NBR used to have name list of people who give most discount~~

Not sure if it have been changed though.

 

Ooooo now I need to find this list. Hehe thanks

Does anyone have a pic of the difference in the dual pointing backlit keyboard for win8 and the normal backlit one?


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Exactly. The site's not very forthcoming is it? Anyway, I intuitively ordered win8 since I'll be updating to W8.

 

I got my 6700 with Win 7 and then bought the upgrade to 8 for the $15. Does anyone know if I can image my drive with 7, and then upgrade to 8 and if I do not like 8, just go back to 7 (restore the image)? Or can I just install on a spare drive to try it out and go back to 7 if I do not like 8? Are there any activation issues with this?

thanks,

Mike

 

Should be fine. Legally, they don't want to you keep your 7 and 8 installs around, as the Windows 8 license is supposed to replace your Windows 7 license. You are allowed to go back, though, you just have to pick one. As far as activation goes, they don't pay attention quite that closely to which license you used to upgrade, so no trouble. Upgrading to Windows 8 won't invalidate your Windows 7 key.

 

I finally got around to upgrading my memory using the above linked video as a guide.

Note there is a metal keeper bar under the keyboard/partially over the memory cards that has to be removed -- one screw. This was not on the M6600 unit in the video.

Booted up fine.

Is there a test I should run now???

 

Anyone else with a nvidia K5000m video card have bios version 80.04.5A.00.05?

GPU-Z has a date of June 2012. I assume that is the date of the bios.

thanks,

mike

 

The date you see is actually just when the graphics card you have was released. I don't think GPU-Z gets this from your card, but from its own internal database of cards and release dates. (The note you get when you hover over it implies this.)

My launch model M6700 has firmware 80.04.33.00.35 and GPU-Z also reports June 2012.

 

Could u post a pic of the keyboard u have since u got win8 dual pointing one?

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I got a price quite for
2265.

Is this the lowest I can expect for this build?
I read through most of the pages and price or rarely discussed.
The sales rep will probably call me in the morning.


Dell Mobile Precision M6700 Covet
3rd Gen Intel Core i7-3740QM (2.7GHz, 6M cache, Upgradable to Intel vPro technology)
8.0GB, DDR3-1600 SDRAM, 2 DIMM
Internal English Dual Point Backlit Keyboard
AMD FirePro M6000 Mobility Pro Graphics with 2GB GDDR5
128GB 2.5" Dell Mobility Solid State Drive, SATA 3
Internal Swipe Fingerprint Reader, USH and Contactless Smartcard Reader
17.3" UltraSharp FHD (1920x1080) PremierColor IPS RGB Anti-Glare, Premium Panel
Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit
Slot Load DVD+/-RW Drive
Integrated HD video webcam and noise reducing array microphones,