New M6500 Discussion Thread

Cheers, keep us informed as im only getting a thin adapter and this will be a serious issue if i cant max out the laptop.

 

Have you guys checked about RGB Led screen?
Mine is SEC5443 seems Samsung monitor, probably not the best (I heard is better)
Another thing, on the information panel of the video card ATI gives me master clock 650 MHz and 832 MHz memory clock ... but should not have a memory clock of 1000 MHz? Does it keep the same clock as m6400?

 

Based on what this link says it seems correct...

http://www.dell.com/content/learnmo...cs_precnnb&~lt=popup&~series=precn&~tab=other

 

Just a thought - WEI 5.9 is the maximum disk score you can get with a mechanical disk , to get into the 6 and 7 category you will need an SSD

From http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/01/19/engineering-the-windows-7-windows-experience-index.aspx

"Windows 7 has added levels 6.0 and 7.0; meaning 7.9 is the maximum score possible. These new levels were designed to capture the rather substantial improvements we are seeing in key technologies as they enter the mainstream, such as solid state disk ..."

 

Thanks, and thanks again mitchellboy, finally someone decide to post about it. I was almost waitting for this since that post started. My main interest for that laptop is moslty about THE screen. it started a couple post before about calibration but we finally get there. I need to know part number to compare with Apple and other brands.
I need the best WUXGA RGB LED screen available for a laptop.

 

Tomcom2K....who is the manufacturer of your screen? I'm getting the E2E Covet also.....thanks

 

I am in a similar position of wanting the best screen available for a laptop, and have done a lot of research on the subject. Currently, "the best" seems to be the 8-bit RGB LED displays by LG and Samsung that are used in both the Dreamcolor version of the HP 8730w laptop, and the Dell m6400/m6500. The LG appears, on paper, to have the best specs; however both HP and Dell were plagued with quality control issues with the LG screen. The QC issues seem to have been taken care of when both HP and Dell switched to primarily using the Samsung displays. I say "primarily" because both Dell and HP (as is true with any large player in the industry, including Apple) reserve the right to switch component suppliers as long as the component meets minimum specs. The minimum specs that Dell guarantees with the RGB LED displays in the Precision laptops are: "over 100% color gamut (adobeRGB and NTSC) with true 24-bit color depth which supports over 16.7 million color palettes, a "wide viewing angle", and contrast ratio of at least 500:1" It would be nice if we could be sure of what panel we are getting, but we can't. NONE of the major laptop makers will guarantee a specific panel in their laptops. Currently Dell and HP (Dreamcolor) are the only makers to specify a true 8-bit panel in their laptops.

P.S. Although it is hard to dig up the information, the Apple displays cover only 72% of adobeRGB.

 

keithsnell, when M6400 came out in september 2008, the new MacBook Pro 17", at that time, was sharing too same LG LP171WU5 WUXGA RGB LED screen as Dell (and so the 100% Adobe color gamut ...and as you said some issues that came with it, but Apple people don't complain as much as PC one do ).
I'm sure Dell will switch again between LG and Samsung in new M6500 (like they did with M6400).
I'm trying to figure out what are models in competition and how great they perform.

P.S : It looks like XPS M1730 (a 2 years old model !!!!!!!) and Alienware M17x users are already sharing that (bad) Samsung SEC5443 screen, is there something wrong here ? I'm buying a Precision here, not a toy...
mitchellboy, are you sure you talking about the WUXGA RGB LED and not the WUXGA white LED ?
Could Covet users tell us what they get ?

 

It was only speculation that the Mac was using the same LG panel, based on the timing of the announcements. It later turned out to be a different model number panel in the Mac. The gamut maps at the link below show the Mac displays covering a space just larger than sRGB, and the author states: "the display in all three MacBook Pro models is very close in gamut volume to sRGB. This is in line with Apple's promise of a 60% increase in gamut relative to previous models." sRGB is approximately 72% of the adobeRGB space. Other trusted reviewers have stated the new MacBook Pro covers 72% of adobeRGB. It's a nice screen, but does not cover 100% of adobeRGB. Apples "specs" on the system are purposefully obscure.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-10041-10146-10160

 

Before I got this machine, i used t60p ips screen which I think it was pretty good screen. After this I know a little about the RGB LED, but I can understand that is the best screen which I can get right now. When I got the M6500 and compare with my old t60p, I cant say it is perfect, but not bad. I dont have spider or some professional testing equipment, I just use my eye and some software like everst and MonitorTest to test it. I havent compared with WLED and I did research on this screen these days and As you said both of XPS M1730 and M17x also use Samsung SEC5443 but they are glossy. Now I got is matte screen. (As I know M4400 also use glossy RGB LED Screen)