New M6500 Discussion Thread

Ok working on the new quote and new order as I type and I'm now adding these new items, I maxed out the CPU, added 2,3 & 4 from above and added GPS even tho I tether my cell when I'm on the road. GPS will be useful. Were is the best place and price to get memory and hd's? Is this system have 204pin DDR3-1333 SDRAM modules? Oh and I removed the covet, to many issues with glare and I do heavy graphics work in my line of work among heavy multi-tasking.

Thanks

 

Look at this for a side comparision to a M6500... is this something worth considering?

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/NTBKX7XTS1/

*BASE_PRICE: [+2369]
ADAPTER: Universal AC-DC Adapter (I7NTBK)
BLUETOOTH: Built-in Bluetooth
BATTERY: 12-cell Li-Ion Battery Pack 6600mAh (I7NTBK)
BAGS: Free Deluxe Carrying Bag for 17 Inch Notebook
CD: 8X DVD Rewritable Drive (NB-328-DVDRW)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366 [+296]
FREEBIE_CU: FREE Portable 320GB External Drive (while supply last)
FLASHMEDIA: Built-In 7in1 Media Reader
FLOPPY: None
HDMI: Built-in HDMI Port
HDD: 320GB 7200RPM SATA300 Hard Drive [+15]
HDD2: 320GB 7200RPM SATA300 Hard Drive [+77]
HDD3: 320GB 7200RPM SATA300 Hard Drive [+77]
INVERTER: None
IEEE_CARD: BUILT-IN 1394 IEEE FIREWIRE PORT
KEYBOARD: BUILT-IN KEYBOARD
MOUSE: BUILT-IN TOUCHPAD
MODEM: BUILT-IN 56K V.92 FAX MODEM
MOTHERBOARD: Intel X58 + ICH-10R Chipset Mainboard
MEMORY: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3-1333 SODIMM Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
NETWORK: Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Card
NOTEBOOK: X7-Xtreme Notebook 17' WUXGA TFT LCD Display 1920x1200 Pixels w/ 3.0 Megapixel Built-in Webcam, Intel Wi-Fi 5300AGN Wireless, IEEE-1394a, HDMI Port, Li-Ion Battery, & Universal AC Adapter
NOTEBOOK_COVER: X7-Xtreme Notebook Cover (Original Color)
OS: None - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY [-83]
OS_UPGRADE: None
PRINTER: None
PRINTER_CABLE: None
RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS
RAID: Non-RAID Storage
SOUND: BUILT-IN AC 97 SOUND
SPEAKERS: Built-in Stereo Speakers System
SERVICE: STANDARD 1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY AND LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TVRC: None
USB: 4 x USB2.0 Port Connectors
USBHD: None
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 1GB DDR3 Video
VC_GAMES: None
VIDEOCAMERA1: Built-in 3.0 Mega Pixel Camera
WNC: Intel WiFi Link 5300 a/b/g/n Wireless Adapter
PRICE: (+$2,613.45)

 

newegg is where I bought my upgraded parts and yes it's the 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM. Damn online retailers dropped the price of my parts by a total of $50 since last week!

 

This is the Sager NP9280/Clevo D900F available from several online boutique resellers. It is over 12lb. I just weighed my m6500 and it's 8.6lb. The warranty isn't as good but it is considerably cheaper if you can't get the m6500 @ 30% discount.

 

Did you see the specs of the D900F, great gear at fair prices, not bloated prices like so called brand names. No?

The ? remains value for value / bang for buck and reliability + support what is better? I will be using this to make my living so it must work 100% of the time. Here are the new specs I'm working on and yes I am going to get a good discount or I will just not buy at all. You have been very helpful in giving me more of a direction on this purchase and I thank you for your help. In fact if not for this forum i no I would have made a mistake and returned it for sure.

Here are the new specs I'm working on....

Dell Precision M6500 Dell Precision M6500 Mobile Workstation
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-920XM Extreme Edition 2.00GHz 8MB
Memory 4.0GB, DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
Internal Keyboard Internal English Backlit Keyboard
Graphics 1.0GB ATI® FirePro® M7740 Graphics
Primary Hard Drives 160GB 5400rpm Hard Drive
Fingerprint Reader Options Internal Swipe Fingerprint Reader
LCDs 17" Wide Screen WUXGA RGBLED LCD Panel w/ integrated camera and mic
Bluetooth Dell Wireless® 365 Bluetooth Module
Modem No Modem
AC Adapter 210W/240W switchable Slim 3P A/C Adapter
Media Bay Devices 8X DVD with Cyberlink Power DVD™
Contactless Smartcard Contactless Smart Card Reader
Wireless LAN (802.11) Intel® WiFi Link 5300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card
System Documentation Resource DVD and Quick Reference Guide
RAID Configuration All Hard Drives, Non-RAID, 1 or 2 drive total configuration
Primary Battery 9 Cell Battery
Hardware Support Services 3 Year ProSupport for End Users and 3 Year NBD On-Site Service
Complete Care 3 Year CompleteCare Accidental Damage Protection
Mobile Broadband Built-in Gobi™ with GPS supports Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T

TOTAL SO CALLED RETAIL NOT WHAT I WILL PAY > THAT IS CRAZY: $4,568.00

 

Has anyone installed any games on thier system yet? if so, how well do they run?

 

MW2 runs at almost maxed out on the M6400 with the Nvidia 3700.
As well as Iracing at everything maxed. The 3800 will be a slight boost and should be able to play most any game almost maxed out.

 

That is the full size you actually have to choose the slim adapter in the options which costs more $$$.

 

Just ordered...

m6500 covet
i7-920xm
4gb ddr3-1600
non-raid with two 256 ssd (thought about the 64 mini pcie for os and apps but maybe sometime later)
intel wifi 5300
8xDVD+/-RW slot load
4yr accidental
4yr prosupport
210w adapter brick (for at home office)
210w/240w slim (for carrying in my bag)

fyi... i also got this with XP downgrade ...

[rant]most of my clients/contracts require XP. Two of the companies I do business with still use Oracle JInitiator 1.3 with Oracle Apps and neither Vista nor 7 work with jinitiator since it is dependent on Sun's old JDK 1.3 - and Sun has decommissioned 1.3 and therefore has no intention on making Vista nor Windows7 compatible with JDK1.3 and therefore Oracle's jinitiator is also incompatible with these later operating systems. Perhaps I need to look into some hacks to get it to work. But I'm trying to convince these IT departments to simply drop jinitiator (Oracle quit supporting it back in June, lol) and just go pure java (as if I have any say in the matter). Good news is that the executives are pushing for Windows 7 since they are also buying newer laptops. So there is hope for a 64bit os in this m6500 future [/rant]



Delivery is estimated to be Jan 20th

 

Any chance of using XP under VMWare? Or how about the XP compatibiilty mode?