New M6500 Discussion Thread

please ignore, quotes got messed up.

 

Ahem! I did a comparison for this very specific question, as I couldn't find the answers myself:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-latitude-vostro-precision/541217-m4500-vs-m6500-vs-xps-15-a-2.html#post7021082

OpenGL benchmark was in favor of FX3800M (better drivers perhaps!) and gaming and temps were in favor of M7820 by a long shot. Go with the M7820 + Antiglare RGBLED and don't look back.

 

My M6500 shipped with a 32-bit Win 7 pro edition. I want to switch to 64-bit. I didn't get any OS DVDs shipped with the system. I was on chat with tech support and the person said he can ship a 32-bit OS DVD, but wont ship a 64-bit OS DVD as that is a separate license. I call BS.

I work at Microsoft and when I buy a retail boxed OS, it comes with DVDs for both 32/64-bit OS. And it makes sense as I'm paying for the license / bitness should be my choice.

He suggested I take up the issue with Customer Care. Before I call them, I wanted to check if anyone had a similar experience and what was their resolution.

Thanks.

 

Try to call again. Every time I needed recovery media from Dell I was offered 32 or 64 bit.
Tell them you need the 64 bit for business, and they should have no problems sending it as their OEM key will work for both 32 bit/64 bit.

 

Thanks. Heaven forbid, but did you have to pay!!

 

Nope not one cent. They sent them free of charge.

 

Dell, HP, and I believe Lenovo will send you recovery CDs while you are under manufacturer warranty.

 

On call right now and the guy is sending it out.. And he asked me if I needed 64 bit..

Luck of the draw (or is it 'draw of the luck')!!?? does support on chat suck??

 

Nah I've always dealt with Online chat. Only once have I called, that was for my U2211H monitor.
Yeah I suppose it's luck of the draw, although to be honest I've gotten at least 4 recovery media from them. Not one time did they say I could not receive another bit.

Tsunade is right, all of them will send you media.

 

Thanks for the advice, is SVN the SVN software used for versioning of documents? Does it just work for documents or will it capture photo/image (RAW) files as well?