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M6600 and M4600 are coming in Feb.

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by mitchellboy, Feb 11, 2011.

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  1. debguy

    debguy rip dmr

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    But there isn't always an option to use an external numpad on a laptop.
    The keyboards of laptops without dedicated numpads have usually a numpad functionality on the alphabetic keys via an Fn combination, where this Fn combination does nothing else than to call the NumLock keycode. If you attach an external numpad and activate NumLock (no matter if you do this via a NumLock key on the external unit or via the Fn combination) the numpad layout will also be activated on the the internal keyboard, which makes it impossible to write normal text, making the whole purpose of an external numpad pointless.
    Your OS can't tell one numpad from the other because all it gets is the keycode, which is the same for both.

    The designers of either the laptop or the external numpad would have to keep that dual use option in mind to avoid that problem. I haven't seen this so far.
    One of them would have to implement a non-standard NumLock mechanism, which would require an additional driver (that most likely would only be available for Windows) and if it's in the external unit it would also require an additional controller (which costs money, even if it's only some cents).
     
    debguy, Feb 22, 2011
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  2. Asleep

    Asleep Notebook Consultant

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    Beginning of March, but not sure if that includes pushback due to Sandy Bridge delay.
     
    Asleep, Feb 22, 2011
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  3. Bokeh

    Bokeh Notebook Deity

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    New Quadros just showed up on the Nvidia site

    Overview
     
    Bokeh, Feb 22, 2011
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  4. knight427

    knight427 theenemysgateisdown

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    I'm sold!

    Seriously tough, nice find.

    Hmm, nVIDIA thinks the M6500 offers FX5000M. To the best of my knowledge it does not.

    I'll be interested in seeing benchmark comparisons between 4000M, 5000M and 5010M.
     
    knight427, Feb 22, 2011
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    That chart does nothing for me. The left side of only labeled "Application Performance" with nothing else there for scale or relevance. Until I see something concrete I am not impressed by Nividia putting a B$ chart on their site. Sorry. Too many marketing and stats classes :)
     
    Bokeh, Feb 22, 2011
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    Yeah, that was sarcasm...sorry, I know it's hard to pick up over text. There are many things wrong with that chart.

    Also, I just found out Dell is actually offering FX5000M on the M6500 (or will be very soon)...they just haven't updated their tech specs.
     
    knight427, Feb 22, 2011
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  7. anodize

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    It was offered for a while.
     
    anodize, Feb 22, 2011
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  8. JH-man

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    Good to know! Thanks.
     
    JH-man, Feb 23, 2011
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    in the XPS 17 you can also put in 4 slots of memory so and if they get also the same chipset (very likely i think) then the amount of ram would be the same.

    And for us (me and my co workers) having 8GB is more then enough for the work we do, i am currently on 4GB and still i don't think i really miss that extra 4GB.. (but the SSD does that work for the most part i guess)

    We don't care less about that workstation gpu.. We have here quite a few M6500 but thats all because of 2 things: 16:10 screen 1920x1200 and 2 HDD bays..

    We are all software developers, we don't need high end gpu, i even could live fine with a highend cpu 2720QM or 2820QM without a dedicated gpu on a 17" 1920x1200 screen and 2 hdd's
    Thats really all i and all my co workers here need.
    But that combination is impossible to buy.

    But thats what i said if the XPS 17 had 2 hdd bays then buying (for us) a M6600 would be completely unnecessary and over kill. Except if the M6600 would have had a 1920x1200 screen, even if the XPS 17 would have 2 hdd bays and 500 euro cheaper i would still go for the extra pixels..
     
    joco, Feb 23, 2011
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  10. Bokeh

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    And you can't dock an XPS or Alienware.
     
    Bokeh, Feb 23, 2011
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