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M6900 - What specs are you hoping for?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by slimpower, May 8, 2014.

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  1. kimvette

    kimvette Notebook Enthusiast

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    (Score: 5, Informative)
     
    kimvette, Oct 9, 2015
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    The mobile Xeons are the exact same cores and cache sizes as the mobile i7s. The big difference is ECC support. Official specs are up.

    http://ark.intel.com/compare/89610,88972,89608,88970,88969,88967,88959,88962

    Yeah, so far all the Skylake mobile processors (i3/i5/i7 and Xeon) are BGA. Only the desktop chips are socketed these days. Perhaps they'll release some socketed M-rather-than-H versions in a later flight, but I'm inclined to doubt it.
     
    mr_handy, Oct 10, 2015
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    Wow that is such a small difference - and with the same cache there is no offset to the ECC performance penalty. :-(
     
    kimvette, Oct 11, 2015
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    This is the latest photo of 7710 from a chinese forum.
    I think it looks like the latitude series...
    [​IMG]
     
    EDWARD1976, Oct 12, 2015
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    Aaron44126 Notebook Prophet

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    Keyboard layout looks identical to the current machines, except for a few things.

    The keys right above the "Backspace" have changed. On the current machines there is Home, End, Insert, and Delete up there. On this machine, at least one of those is missing (can't tell which), because there are only three extra keys up there. It looks like Home and End are Fn combos on the left and right arrows.
    I'm not seeing dedicated volume buttons, it looks like these were moved to Fn key combos on F1-F3 or F2-F4 (hard to tell). I'd rather have dedicated volume buttons than the dedicated media buttons that they have in the top right.
    Oh and obviously, it is chiclet design, which I don't mind but I know some people do.
     
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    fawking ugly , bye dell. that arrow key? seriously, bye bye
     
    baii, Oct 12, 2015
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    f@%* chicklet keyboards! Leave the toy keyboards to Apple and the craptacular Inspirons.
     
    kimvette, Oct 12, 2015
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    scrlk Notebook Consultant

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    Good god, those bezels look massive. Shame Dell couldn't slim them down a little.
     
    scrlk, Oct 12, 2015
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    I think we could start a "range war" debating whether the new Precision laptops should have a glossy or matte screen -- that is, if we haven't started one already -- but it looks like Dell may have already called a truce between us. From what I am now hearing, the HD screen will be matte while the QHD screens will be glossy (and touch). If that's true, I can live with that.

    Me personally, not only would the matte screen be better viewing in non-ideal lighting situations but it would also mean better battery life when I travel. As I mentioned elsewhere, I can get a high-res display with 100% color accuracy to connect to my laptop whenever I need one at my home/office or a client's site; otherwise, mobility and visibility without glare are a premium with me. Moreover, I find a touchscreen on a laptop to be more of an annoyance than a benefit, so I am more than happy to have a non-touchscreen, HD matte screen on my laptop.

    But for those who need/prefer a 100% color accurate glossy screen, you have true QHD touchscreen. Probably perfect for artist, photographers and architects that need such high-resolution screens that cover the entire color gamut of the human eye accurately. If the rumors I've heard are true, kudos to Dell for keeping us all happy!
     
    WLT, Oct 12, 2015
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    Michiko Notebook Consultant

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    Even better: a matte QHD screen...
     
    Michiko, Oct 13, 2015
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