Did dell drop the ball on the new Precision line ?

I see a bunch of problems on the new precisin line (M4400 and M6400).
Most of them are solvable, but they require some effort.
A bit disappointing since I wish dell had come out with their top precision line which worked flawlessly "out of the box". Precision laptops have some great hardware and I would like to see dell kicking MBPs butt.

So, did drop the ball on the precision line ? Should it demand more from the device driver development team ?

 

its not really just software issues, im unhappy they used clip on fasteners for the extremely thin screen bezel, and the palmrest.

its impossible to replace the motherboard or screen without making things creak afterwards.

to be fair, the whole bottom is one big access panel, so any component can be changed, but if you need to change the motherboard, you need to remove the palmrest, and it never fits back as tightly as before...

 

I just think that latitudes are selling like crazy. so they are putting more effort into that.

 

true, latitudes are the standard SKU that businesses order in the hundreds for deployment.

precisions tend to be for select departments or functions. however its no excuse. its like BMW making a crappy rolls royce that stalls and then saying "oh, we paid more attention to the 3 series cos it sells more"

 

Besides the lid and GPU, aren't the Latitudes and Precision identical?

I'm very pleased with my E6400...so much so that I ordered a second a few days ago. I've had no issues with the first one and <fingers crossed> hope to say the same about the one that I just ordered!

I will concede that the screen bezel is kinda crappy! It is the only part of this thing that doesn't feel rock solid.

 

Are they selling like crazy ? Better than the D series ?
The E series is rated low on dells site.

Its a bit frustating for me because I dont think dell realises that they have a good thing, and that the precisions need to be also marketed to the consumer segment.

My current precision (M90) is almost 3 years old, and has been running GREAT.
Still as classy looking as when I bought it, no fading anywhere.
They seem to have got the aesthetics down, the hardware is great spec wise. A little more quality control and precisions would provide a serious alternative to the MBPs. MBPs are expensive by at least $500-$900.

I bought the M90 not caring about the graphics card, the build quality (and the WUXGA screen) is what attracted me to it.
The new precisions seem to have taken a step backwards.

 

The precisions also offer more firepower, more cpu choices (including quad core), a WUXGA RGBLED screen. They also have a ridiculously overcharged 17" M6400, with dual HDDs, 4 sodimm bays, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M wit 1GB of video ram

 

this is EXACTLY what i was expecting, because my D410 served me so darn well. but instead i have this hassle

 

I haven't had any but one issue, the dvd tray, which to me is a non issue. All you hear on here is the complaints, but I guess this poll helps. thanks

 

im pretty confident that after i reformat this time it will be all good. it better be anyway....