My M6400 is here!

Hi all - my M6400 is here - just wanted to post some first impressions. I will get pics up ASAP.

X9100 - 3.06ghz
4GB DDR3
Quadro 3700M
1440x900 WXGA+
Wireless 5300
Bluetooth 370
DVD+RW slot load
Silver Color
Backlit keyboard
Webcam
2x 80GB 5400rpm drives

2 Intel X25-M 80GB SSD drives will be replacing those 80GB's.

First - my first thoughts are that this system is Fantastic!!!

The screen is great - its an LG, fantastic colors, no dead pixels. Typical viewing angles for non LED screen, not great, but not noticeably bad either.

No noticeable bleeding, no graininess - very happy with the screen.

Ran 3Dmark 06 (1280x800, stock drivers) - 11,619

GPU temp was around 80 C - not bad at all.

So far, very happy. Putting the SSD ddrives in now - will post more thoughts as I do more. Will post pics ASAP.

Update 1: 2 80GB SSDs are in place - this has Intel's Matrix Storage which allows the creation of one RAID1 volume (which I will use for valuable data) and a RAID0 volume for the rest of the space - this is very nice - get the benefits of both types of RAID in one system!

Update 2: The power brick is completely absurd. Its HUGE - 210W. The good news is that I plugged in a 130W from a M4400 and although I get the popup about the AC adapter not being at least 150W, it does charge the battery and allow the system to run. To me, this is an acceptable alternative to lugging around the giant brick, at least for most things on the road - Later on, I will test the system with this adapter and see what kind of slowdown is caused.

Pics:



RAID Setup:


Next to a M4400 (that I believe I'll be returning very shortly):





Next to an older E1705 - these are virtually the exact same size - its astounding what new tech can cram into the same space




N

 

Congrats!

I'm still trying to wait out that price. But reading your post may push me towards impulse buy.

 

Congrats m8!BTW,it is 1440x900=WXGA+

 

Congrats! How's the sound? Keyboard? Body/shell?

 

Fixed - thanks...

 

I'll post more this evening, but so far - all is very nice.

Have not really tried sound yet

Keyboard is great - no flex.
Body is excellent as well - no creaks, very sturdy - I can pick it up with one hand, right front corner, and it feels safe and secure.

N

 

Gratz. post pic soon XD

 

Wow! 2 SSDs in RAID!! your laptop will definitely be a speed demon!,,cant wait to hear your full benchmarks and impressions! congrats..mine has entered its delivery phase so hopefully i will recieve it lastest monday..and you can try and take me thru the RAID setup..if i hit any wall along the process.

 

Wow, that is going to be a beast. I'd like to see the performance difference when you put the X25s in. Also, how much overall did you spend on that machine?

 

Wow, that's interesting - is this a feature of the chipset RAID implementation or unique to the X-25? (Wondering if I'd get this or could set it up with the std. Dell RAID offerings. A combo of RAID 0 for OS/apps and RAID1 for data would be ideal!)