M6900 - What specs are you hoping for?

If laptops start using 21:9 I will stop using laptops.

 

So what? If not for media we'd still be using ticker tape. You really should be thankful. The development goes where the money goes, and the MONEY is in M E D I A.

I'm pretty sure that mark was reached a long time ago. At least overall.

Well I get a chance to test Dell's warranty if not for accident, rather, defects in material and/or workmanship. Can anyone say Chinese metal?

 

They should certainly replace that broken hinge if you still have warranty, especially if you have accident since there would then be no room for them to question or argue "how it happened". Here is my "Pro tip" of the day... I always begin warranty claim via their online chat. That way there is a transcript of your conversation and also much less chance of communication error for both parties (if you type clearly and concisly). I've used the phone line support a few times, and it was very good as well, but I still prefer chat box. And I don't know if you opted for the pro business support with accident coverage when you purchased, but it's been my experience that it is worlds apart from their standard consumer warranty. Very few questions with pro business + accidental and it just expedites getting the repair done. Best wishes.

Yes seems everything is made in China nowadays, even when company is based in USA as Dell is. Sad to think that USA import is greater than export.

 

I had my entire chassis replaced... the lid latch mechanism on the btm portion of the laptop malfunctioned.
Two months later I had all of the screws under the btm cover replaced as they all stripped out when I installed three new hdds... pretty weird but this is the new standard in quality these days.

At any rate, I did the same thing as ygohome; meaning I initiated a support call via chat where an auto record is genrated.

 

I continue having a hard time parsing what you are trying to say. Yep, there is money in media, but so what? There's lots more money in various other branches of the economy. Even if you're just talking about areas of the economy that use computer screens, then there's a lot more money in the financial industry than in media. Or in health care. And so on.

And, what is it I should be thankful for exactly? Cheap movie flicks? I mean, you may or may not know that the drivers for display technology were various kinds of monitors (radar monitors, computer monitors, etc.), and not "media", right? That higher-resolution screens first appeared for computers, long before they became available and useful for TVs? So, no, you got your history backwards; we definitely did not need "media" to advance beyond your ticker tape.

Let's also not forget that we are talking about computers that are (supposedly) specifically designed for production, and content creation, not consumption. It just so happens that the only area where a weak argument for 16:9 could be made is video consumption. If you do anything else but watch cheap movies or TV shows produced for the 16:9 format, you are being short-changed. It's as simple as that. The question is, why would I spend $3k+ on a computer to watch movies that a device for a small fraction of that price would be perfectly well suited for?

 

This is really not a hard concept to grasp: It is the movie/film/tv industry that is chiefly responsible for moving monitor advancement forward.

Consipcuious consumption. Entire industrie have been created and thriving on it for a very long time.

 

Cosnsipcuious consumption. Entire industrie have been thriving on it for a very long time.

I did.

I mentioned Made in China because I have a Monfrontto tripod that suffered a related type of break. In that case, the monopod fell over (it was leaning against a wall) and the so called "metal" screw snapped into like a pretscel. Metal parts should bend not break like a plastic child's toy. Expecailly with these item that are designed for professional use.

 

Why would there be an M6900? I thought the new Precisions are the 7710 and 7510.

 

Did you even read what I wrote, and you quoted? Let me repeat, slowly:

a) The above is patently and demonstrably false.
b) Whether or not that is the case is irrelevant when we are discussing the wisdom of choosing a display format for a high-end mobile workstation.

Finally, conspicuous consumption doesn't work as an explanation in this case, given that you can accuse Dell of many things, but their workstations being particularly conspicuous, let alone attractive isn't one of them. Apparently you haven't gotten the memo yet: If you want to do conspicuous consumption, you flaunt a Mac.

 

I was riding the train one day when I overheard a kid ask his mother why does the train slow down when it approaches a turn. The mother responed, "so it won't fall off the track." My point is you're asking a simple question where a complecx system of variable apply to get the answer. I ignored the middle ground debate and cut to the chase. In other words, what was realy important: the driving force behind the development.

As you alluded to earlier, there are lots of things where logic and efficiency are exluded in the perusuit of other priorities. In this case, profit. This is not a debate of logic and/or practicality, as much as it is a discussion of economy. People won't pay for efficienty unless it come in an attractive wrapper and can fit in the palm of their hands.

Just look around. You can sell trends, however, you have a much harder time trying to convince someone to buy an efficient product when its not surrouned by an attractive package. One need look no further than the auto indurty for proof of that. Why aren't we all driving electric cars by now?

As for Dell products, I was referring to the quality of the display (consumer line notwithstaiding), not necessarily their packaging.