New M6500 Discussion Thread

^ I second the heartfelt thanks to all that have helped in this purchase.... saved me a bundle, got a great deal on the specs from what I have read. I hear some pay full retail and don't ever save anything WOW. Seems it's like car sales, some get a great deal on the same car and others get screwed to the wall. Thanks again, if not for the ppl here I wouldn't even have purchased this over priced $5000+ laptop I just bought. Paid much much less or I would just wait or buy somethinge else in the outlet store.

 

DELL has officially seen enough and decided to end the $1,220 instant off discount sale


those who missed it shouldn't despair...

search pricegrabber.com regularly for "precision m6500" and sort by price in ascending order.

 

Thats a good config, you can easily disable the drive encryption. I have never used Dell's before but on most systems it is as easy as using the software tools for the drive and or the bios and disabling it.

I have the same system and went to the M6500 with i7920. (For other reasons) The processor benchmarks show huge improvements not so much because of the clock speed but the on board memory controller of the i7 and the new chipset help make large improvements, much like we saw from the core2 duo desktop processors to the i7s.

As mentioned earlier the Turbo boost does not boost all cores it will only boost one core to the max and others to different levels based on load.

I attached the breakdown of clocks speeds this helped me decide on what I needed when choosing an i7 mobile.

 

Here is the processor speed break down by core when in turbo mode.

 

Quick question where did you get your memory, as I look around it seems to be very high for 4x4 = 12GB DDR3-1333MHZ DIMMS. Not willing to pay even $1000 that is crazy... it's technology, it's value drops in a few months. I can wait. Thanks

 

For those who have purchased a M6500, go out to the Intel site, http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18353, and download the free turbo boost monitor. Very cool sidebar utility. I use it all the time and it is nice to see the turbo boost working.

 

Thanks dezoris. I suppose it is a nice option to have, as long as it doesn't make full system backups too difficult.

 

Stock had 2x2GB and i added 2x4GB from newegg for about $420 but now is around $380-390.

 

I got that deal on the Covet...made it buyable for me...thanks a lot !

btw, the Free Laser Printer they're giving me is this one:

Item Number Quantity Item Description
224-3471 1 Dell 2330dn Laser Printer
990-7659 1 No Warranty beyond 1 year
991-8020 1 Basic Support: Next Business Day Advanced Exchange Initial Year
993-0177 1 Dell Hardware Limited WarrantyInitial Year
Subtotal: $239.00
Shipping and Handling: $0.00
Sales Tax: $15.54
Total: $0.00

http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=Dell 2330dn Laser Printer&FORM=HBRE&p1=[CommerceService+scenario%3d"o"+docid%3d"8F5741659AE6334CDC51"]&wf=Commerce

Plus my rep has just thrown in FREE OVERNIGHT SHIPPING

It's an expensive machine, for sure, but something about those Precisions, hey?

 

I'm looking for 16GB of ram as Dell wants way way more than a fair price direct. So here is what I found that seems to be the best price and good quality dimms. I have 32GB of this brand installed in one of my desktops and never had an issue.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231294

And these 500GB drives look good for a fair price?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145275

Thoughts / Better options anyone? Thanks