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Is the lid of the M6400 made out of metal ?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by wearetheborg, Feb 26, 2009.

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    How about the bottom panel ?
     
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    Dell claims:

    And for the Covet:

    So aluminum it is.
     
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    back in my day we had a thing called metal, we made everything out of it
     
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    What exactly does a chassis consist of ?
    Is the LCD cover part of the chassis ?

    The bottom cover (above the RAM slots) seemed like plastic to me.
     
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    Thanks. It seems like only the "edges" are Al, rest is plastic.
    The display lid I'm still unsure whether its metal or not.

    EDIT: I checked again, the lid IS most definately metal :)
     
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    The chassis is very likely mostly the same magnesium-alloy they use in more or less every Dell laptop with an aluminum finish. I actually bet it's the same with the lid, metal frame and aluminum finish. I imagine it's just not practical to use an all aluminum chassis... unless you're Apple, of course.
     
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    I understand that its a relative of the E6500 I have which has a metal-look plastic LCD case.

    I think it would have to be plastic because its full of antennas for the wifi and 3g radios.
     
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    Dell says its metal, and it feels like metal to touch (conducts heat very well).

    Having a metal lid is nothing new, the thinkpads have had them for a while (the T4x series). Also in the M6400, there is a plastic strip at the end of the lid, maybe thats where the antenna is :confused:
     
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