M4800 Precision Fingerprint/SmartCard Reader question

I believe contactless is what NFC (near-field communication) is commonly called.

 

Close, but not exactly. NFC is covered by ISO/IEC 14443 specs, which I believe are compatible with the reader on the M4800 (I'd test it, but mine is currently on the fritz), but the reader on the M4800 covers a bunch more standards:

• ISO14443A — 160 kbps, 212 kbps, 424 kbps, and 848 kbps
• ISO14443B — 160 kbps, 212 kbps, 424 kbps, and 848 kbps
• ISO15693
• HID iClass
• FIPS201
• NXP Desfire

Per page 80 of the owner's manual.

 

Long version:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/m4800-configuration-question.781193/#post-10088170

Short version:
http://ark.intel.com/compare/78937,78939,89610,88972

4810MQ
- 6MB of L2 cache, 8MB for the other 2
+ Cheapest of all the options

4910MQ
+ Slightly higher clock
+ 8MB L2
- Adds around 100-150$ to a CTO build, otherwise it's pretty much only available on the higher end prebuilds

4th gen as a whole:
- Capped at 32GB of ram
- End of lifecycle, bargain prices, still plenty solid

6th gen i7s
+ 64GB of RAM max, access to higher speeds
+ Updated iGPU

6th gen Xeon
+ Nerd envy from your collegues
+ Cool Xeon sticker
+ 64GB of *ECC'ed* memory

6th gen as a whole
+ Apart from slight gains in efficiency and an unknown performance boost (probably modest) they're more or less on par with their 4th gen counterparts
+ 4th gen could use stuff like thunderbolt, PCIe NGFF drives, 6th gen actually implements it