M4800 Owner's Thread

Ugh, only after a month of ownership my M4800 has started to receive battlescars - the powder coating on the bottom panel is starting to rub away, turning the matte finish in to a shiny one.

I've said this before, but these machines would really benefit from more durable surface treatments - my E6540 had the more durable power coat by far.

 

The hard drive brands vary depending on their supply, which can change on a regular basis. It might be Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi, etc. I mean between the SSD, SSHD, HDD, and various sizes they might easily have a 100 different parts for a certain model. Which one will you get? Who knows... but honestly, probably not all that important these days. And it's something you'll see with just about any large OEM. Pretty typical.

I've actually had quite a few Dell Latitude and Precision notebooks and haven't personally had any issues with wear like that. They just go from desk to desk, in docks, in/out of bags, etc. What kind of use does your system go through?

 

Mine is doing pretty will (had it since late last year) - showing a little wear on the front and rear corners (the shortest edges), but that's about it.

I dinged up one of the rear vent grills too, but have gotten a much better laptop carrying bag since.

Ditto on the docked at work to home on the coffee table and back via bags.

 

Same as you, though I use a laptop stand at home.

I've had/used a E6410, E6320 and E6540. This is the first time this has happened to me - I'll try and take a photo and post it here later. It's an expensive machine so to see this so quickly is disheartening.

EDIT: Just realised when I tilted the display to 180* earlier, it's stripped off the anodisation on the display cover - really not having a good day today.

 

Hi,

Im working on putting together a new dell m4800 for autocad 2015 2D/3D
i74800
16gb 1600ghz
256ssd + 500gb hdd
I got the option between firepro m5100 and quadro k2100m, which one would preform better?

 

That sucks. My ocd would have a problem with that. Even cosmetic I'd have Dell replace those parts.

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Yeah, it's really triggering my inner OCD as well, I can't stand it. I really doubt I would get anywhere with asking for a parts replacement; most likely answer would be 'it's only cosmetic and doesn't affect the performance so deal with it'.




Finish completely stripped away, I've tried cleaning it with a damp kitchen paper towel to no avail just to double check it isn't some residue.


This is a little trickier to see and photograph but the matte powdercoat is starting to wear.

 

Yeah, I'm not seeing any of that, though like I said before, I've lost some paint along the lower front and rear corners, but that seems to be about it. I'm starting to get a shiny spot on the touchpad where I use my index finger most, but that doesn't bother me too much either.

I totally didn't realize the screen went that far back (just tried it) - mine seemed to have a tiny bit of resistance to going further at ~120 degrees open, so I hadn't pushed it, but that seems to have disappeared after opening it fully one time.

 

I also got the option between i7 4600m or the 4800MQ, any toughts?

 

Do you do a lot of rendering and/or simulation that would benefit from a beefier CPU? I'm a solidworks user so my terminology may be a bit off for autocad.


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