New M6500 Discussion Thread

Just FYI, I am putting my M6500 is about to go on the market with these specs:
Model: Precision M6500
Manufacturer: Dell
Processor: Intel Core i7 920XM Processor
Memory: 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
Hard Drive: 2x 500 GB WD 5400rpm drives
Screen Size: 17 inch UltraSharp WUXGA (1920x1200) RGB LED Display Anti-Glare (matte)
Optical Drive: 8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
Graphics Card: 1GB ATI M7820 (NEW! ATI's top of the line. Don't settle for the inferior M7740)
Wireless: Intel 6300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card
Battery: 9 Cell Primary Battery
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Optional Features: Webcam + Mic, Back-lit Keyboard
Sound: High Definition Audio 5.1 Surround Sound
Pre-Installed Software: Power DVD Software, Roxio Creator 10, Windows Live, Dell WebCam Central v1.4, Dell Support Center, Service Software CD, Dell Support 2.0 Software
Color: Silver
Height: 1.35" (34.1mm) Front / 1.5" (33.95mm) Back
Weight: 8.5lbs (3.86kg)
Depth: 11.02cm (284.6mm)
USB Ports: 4 USB 2.0 Compliant
Other Ports: Advanced e-port,e-port, Legacy port replicator
Power: 210W AC Adapter
Audio Jacks: 2-line out, 1 line in
Ethernet: Integrated Network Connector 10/100/1000 RJ45
Card Slot: 8 in 1 Media Card Reader, 54mm ExpressCard Slot
Warranty: Dell 3yr Ltd Warranty, In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis Valid till August 30th, 2013 and Complete Care.

 

I don't know if disabling prelongs the battery life but you can use Fn+F2 to disable charging which is a bit faster than going through the Dell battery meter dialog.

 

correct. The OS software wasn't the big hit in the scheme of things for this machine. Here is the part breakdown and USD amounts according to my replacement machine which just arrived recently. *FYI... There should actually be two SSDs in this list but they accidentally built my replacement machine with a single 256GB SSD and one 250GB HDD instead of two SSDs. They have since corrected that and sent me another SSD and I'm shipping back my old system plus the bogus HDD.

Anyway, you can see from this breakdown of item #'s and price that the expensive items are the processor, SSDs, the display, and the video card.

I messed up by ordering the 4GB of 1600 high speed ram. what a waist. I've since upgraded to 12GB total by installing an additional 8GB of Curcial 1333 speed ram which drops the higer speed modules back down to that speed. Like I said, I made a mistake on that purchase and likwise on the XP downgrade. I've since moved to w7 64 bit and use xp mode for my applications that require it. oh well

If I were to do this again I'd order it with the minimum amount of ram and perhaps purchase the SSDs seperately. But I'm very pleased with the performance of the Samsung PM800 and PM22-J SSDs that came with it. If FREEDOS were an option I'd go with it but I wouldn't sweat it too much if that is not an option.

Hope this helps

Quantity Item Number Description Unit Price

1 224-8519 Mobile Precision M6500, Covet $755.00
1 310-0173 Airborne Documentation, System Exchanges,Factory Install $0.00
1 312-0223 9-Cell/85-WHr Orange Battery for Mobile Precision M6500 $129.00
1 313-3673 No Resource DVD for Dell Optiplex, Latitude, Precision $0.00
1 313-6453 No Modem for Mobile PrecisionMX400 $0.00
1 313-8680 No Fingerprint Reader for M6500 $20.00
1 313-8694 8X DVD+/-RW slot load for Mobile Precision $110.00
1 313-8937 Palmrest without contact-less smart card reader for M6500 $50.00
1 317-2584 Intel Core i7-920XM Quad Core 2.00GHz 8MB for M6500 $1,108.00
1 317-3296 4.0GB, DDR3-1600 SDRAM, 2 DIMM for Dell Mobile Precision $359.00
1 320-1125 nVidia Quadro FX 3800M, 1.0GB DDR3 Discrete for M6500 $1,050.00
1 320-8983 17 inch Wide Screen Edge 2 Edge WUXGA RGBLED LCD, Orange, for M6500 $900.00
1 330-1652 Documentation (English) Latitude E-Family/Mobile Precision $0.00
1 330-1838 US - 6-FT, 3-Pin Flat Power Cord for Mobile Precision $0.00
1 330-4127 210W/240W switchable Slim 3-Pin, AC Adapter Dell Precision M6400 $27.00
1 330-4197 Dell Back-up and Recovery Manager for WinXP, MUI, Latitude, Precision, OptiPlex, Vostro $0.00
1 330-5876 Internal Backlit English Keyboard, Dell Mobile Precision $50.00
1 330-9156 Intel Core i7 Extreme Label, Latitude/Mobile Precision $10.00
1 341-7876 All Hard Drives Non- RAID for 1 to 2 Hard Drives, Dell Mobile Precision M6400 $0.00
1 341-8492 256GB Dell Mobility Solid State Hard Drive, 2.5MM, Dell Precision M6400 $750.00
1 341-9831 250GB secondary Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 7200RPM, for M6500 $170.00
1 421-0536 Cyberlink Power DVD 8.3,with Media, Dell Relationship LOB $7.00
1 421-1189 Roxio Creator Dell Edition 10.3, Media, Dell RLOB $1.00
1 421-1201 Dell Webcam Central Software Dell Latitude/Mobile Precision $0.00
1 421-1993 Windows 7 Downgrade RLOB $0.00
1 421-2241 Windows 7 Ultimate downgrade to XP Professional SP3, no media, Mobile Precision, English $50.00
1 430-3362 Intel WiFi Link 5300 (802.11 a/g/n 3X3) 1/2 MiniCard for VPRO Latitude E/Mobile Precision $40.00
1 464-7384 Exchange $0.00

*edit: LOL at the $10 i7 sticker and the $20 markup for NOT having a fingerprint reader

I'd be interested to see the item inventory listing for a non-covet. The Orange color and "edge to edge" glass overlay display show as $900 (item# 320-8983). Plus, the $755 "covet" (item # 224-8519). I'm wondering if the non-covet display is still $900 or if the non-covet m6500 simply exludes the $755 item#224-8519.

FYI, this is not what I paid. I got a pretty good deal via a nice sized coupon discount.

 

I'm thinking about replacing my RGB LED with a WLED. The RGB is too neon looking with reds and greens. I've spent days trying to adjust it with no luck.

Dell quoted me around $500 for the WLED. They said they would not replace it for free since the original part is a RGB LED. I feel confidant I can physically replace it, but I'm not excited about paying $500. If anyone has any ideas let me know.

 

Did you try running the "Calibrate" function built into Windows 7?

John

 

If you have the ATI card, you can tame a bit of the Neon with the Control Center.

You should go to Graphics/Desktops & Displays, select Configure in the menu for the display, then select the Color tab, and lower your saturation a bit.

I've made it 96 and made a great difference. I don't like the need of it, but until we get color managed Windows I think this is the best we can do.

Oh, and I really love the display (even tough I'm not a photographer, so it is a subjective appreciation only).

Regards,
Pablo

 

Thanks for the feedback on the lcd panel. I'm slowly getting used to it. I've tried a ton of different adjustments.

I mainly use linux but still have my win7 partition and it looks pretty much the same in either OS. I hadn't run the calibration utility in win7 but just did and it still looks a bit hot with some colors.

Also, it looks like I have seiko panel. Overall it seems to reproduce colors very well. Some of them just seems a little too bright. I used an m90 for the past 4 years and I guess I got used to its display.

Mark

 

$9000 Buys 32 GB Of Notebook Memory | ConceivablyTech

lol nice
Perfect for that mobile hyper v server

 

Sorry, you're 2nd
http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...-m6500-discussion-thread-434.html#post6488291

The main question remains. How do they do it since the current chipset/BIOS only supports 16GB?

 

Really? Are we going down this road again? The chipset/BIOS supports 32GB of memory. This is a currently shipping configuration.