M6900 - What specs are you hoping for?

Not sure which model you have. The only Precisions with a glossy screens are the ones with touch screens.

[Edit] And oh yeah, the "covet edition" had glass in front of the screen.

 

It used to be that only the "covet" editions had the glass sheet over the display, causing glare. Others were somewhat matte display simply by not having that glass overlay. So far there has been no mention of a "covet" edition, so I assume they will have matte displays. Just guessing of course.

Edit: unless talking about the 5510 with infinitedge display. That probably has glass sheet and would have glare, you are right.

 

You're not alone in this.

A glossy screen in the M7710 would be a deal-braker for me.

 

Unfortunately, the 5510 with the InfinityEdge display is what I am interested in. After my m6600 -- which I absolutely loved except for it's size and glare -- I need something, small rugged and powerful. I am just hoping 5510 fit's the bill.

Especially, hopefully, no glare!

 

AMD had posted their new pro card specs on their site.
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I am keeping my M6400 going until Dell releases an M6xx model which isn't a downgrade screen-wise.

This has been the deal breaker for me since Dell discontinued 16:10 displays:

• WUXGA (1920x1200 16:10) display, RGB-LED backlighted, glossy (I want color purity and am perfectly capable of cleaning the screen! Matte is fine as an option but give me a glossy screen option) - or if 16:10 is not available then give me a 16:9 1440p display. Just something with at least as much vertical screen estate as my M6400. 1080p sucks when you regularly have 6+ shell terminal windows open. 4K would be nice, but 1440p would be absolutely perfect for the 17" form factor

Nice-to-haves:

• 120 Hz or 144Hz refresh rate with integral 3D Vision emitter
• Cooling intakes on the SIDES rather than the bottom (I regularly disassemble my M6400 to clean out the dust; bottom feeding is a dumb idea!)
• a GeForce option would be nice for those of us who occasionally enjoy gaming. While the GPU may be the same internally, the drivers of the Quadro cards do not have the same optimizations. Yes, I can flash it, blah blah blah
  
• All ports on the SIDES!!
• Windows 7 drivers (I dual boot Windows 7 and Linux)

Observation:

Analog VGA outputs are still useful in the corporate world for projectors... but for those a DisplayPort -> VGA dongle will suffice. I'd like to see dual [strikeout]DVI[/strikeout] DisplayPort >= 1.2 outputs. (I meant to say DisplayPort originally NOT DVI)
I ♥ my M6400 and it has paid for itself hundreds of times over... but I refuse to buy a new model with a downgraded display. EVERYTHING about the current displays is a downgrade: Backlight, color gamut, resolution, matte - all inferior to my now-stone-age M6400.

 

My M6400 is not covet-colored (it is steel grey) but it has the Edge-to-edge glossy screen with RGB-LED backlight... and I'll keep it going until Dell releases a real upgrade. For me the low-resolution 1080p screen is a deal breaker, and the crappy matte white LED backlight with less-than-full-Adobe-color-gamut on the new screens only makes it worse.

What I do:

Day job: unix/linux admin
Hobbies: Photography, computerized embroidery design, gaming

 

It looks like they're also copying Apple's toy chicklet keyboards. Ick. Hopefully they are keeping the rugged and SERVICEABLE chassis, and not copying Apple's tactic of gluing them together.

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On the plus side after reviewing the coming soon and leak pages more closely... there are hints of much better displays (100% Adobe color gamut, RGB-LED backlight) plus Xeon processors which are generally available with more cores and cache than desktop chipsets - and Xeon chipsets allow for a LOT more RAM. There are also hints of higher resolution displays but what are the chances that 17" models will actually get the new displays, rather than their offering the uber-high resolutions in only the dinky 15" models - AGAIN?

The down side of the Xeon processors (in notebooks) - BGA. This means that if EITHER the motherboard OR the processor goes bad, you need to replace both as an assembly because the CPU is soldered on - and service is difficult without a reflow oven. Replacing the processor is possible with a heat gun but with high risk of damaging the processor and/or board. I'd rather stick with a socketed processor. This also means processor upgrades will be somewhere between difficult and impossible. BUT: if they go with server Xeon processors... which are socketed and is what Eurocom's "mobile server" laptop line offers, all is well and it will be serviceable. But the leaks hint at Skylake H, which are reputedly going to be BGA. Better get that extended warranty, and purchase it using your AmEx or Discover card to get an additional year's warranty added.

 

Your reasoning is noted but obsolete. That distinction no longer exists.

Well you can always add an anti glare cover, but not the other way around.

 

The exact reason why I chose Precision. Isn't it ironic but this is more a factor of the Latitude. The Precision is a niche product, not a volume seller so it should be a tier above MBP, not competing with it.

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These new processors are only as good as the ancillaries that come along with it. Media creators can certainly utilize more RAM but only if its available.

Well you can always add an anti glare cover, but not the other way around.