Precision M4500 Owner's Lounge

Well, here's a good Dell story.

Originally was going to buy a M4500. Specced it out, ordered, etc. Got the order confirmation the next day, saw that I had forgotten to include the webcam... DOH! So I called to cancel the order, intending to re-order afterwards, remembering the webcam this time. Had the order cancelled, then had a slight change of heart... decided to buy a system off the Outlet instead, a fairly decked out M4400. Got that in last week, added an Intel SSD, was happy.

Flash forward to today. Package from Dell comes in to work... what could this be? Turns out it's the M4500 I had cancelled the order on the week before! Suddenly realizing I had TWO expensive laptops on my AmEx rather than one, I was not amused. Called Dell... and decided simply to return the M4400 I had gotten from the Outlet. Haha... I guess the lure of having a brand new M4500 w/ i7 920QM and Quadro FX 1800M on hand is just too much! Plus I played with it a bit and found the speakers and trackpad are FAR better than on the M4400. I mean, the audio difference is incredible, and two-finger-scrolling is oh-so-nice. So I swapped over my SSD and am good to go. Suppose I ought to be glad Dell screwed up!

 

Ordered 4/28/10
Est. Delivery 5/17/10
Total charges $1726 USD

224-8093 1 Mobile Precision M4500
317-4605 1 Intel Core i7-820QM Quad Core 1.73GHz 8MB for M4500
317-3635 1 4.0GB, DDR3-1333 SDRAM, 2 DIMM for Mobile Precision
330-8884 1 Internal Backlit English Keyboard for MPWS
320-8834 1 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M Graphics with 1GB2 dedicated memory for M6500
342-1259 1 500G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive,M4500
330-7455 1 No Fingerprint Reader and No Contactless Smartcard Reader, M4500
320-8844 1 15.6" HD+ (1600 x 900) Wide View Anti-Glare RGB LED Display for M4500
468-4326 1 Windows 7 Pro 64 downgrade to XP Pro SP2 64, with media, Precision Mobile, English
421-1993 1 Windows 7 Downgrade RLOB
430-3659 1 Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth Module, Dell Latitude E
330-7402 1 Bluetooth Cable
313-6453 1 No Modem for Mobile PrecisionMX400
330-0834 1 130W 3-Pin, AC Adapter for Mobile Precision
330-1525 1 US - 6 FT, 3-Pin Flat Power Cord for Mobile Precision
313-6461 1 8X DVD+/-RW for Mobile Precision
421-1459 1 Cyberlink Power DVD 8.3,with Media, Dell Latitude/Mobile Precision
421-1189 1 Roxio Creator Dell Edition 10.3, Media, Dell RLOB
313-9329 1 Integrated megapixel VGA webcam with single digital microphone, M4500
421-1201 1 Dell Webcam Central Software Dell Latitude/Mobile Precision
430-3827 1 Intel WiFi Link 6300 802.11a/g /n Draft Mini Card, Mobile Precision M4500
330-7461 1 No Intel vPro Technology Advanced Management Features, Dell Latitude/Mobile Precision
330-9015 1 Quick Reference Guide for Precision M4500
330-9014 1 Resource DVD with Diagnostics and Drivers, Dell Mobile Precision M4500
421-1794 1 Precision On Reader for Precison Mobile
312-0247 1 6-Cell/60-WHr Battery for Mobile Precision
909-1888 1 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus Onsite Service Extended Year(s)
909-1897 1 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year
923-3062 1 ProSupport for End Users: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response 2 Year Extended
926-5340 1 ProSupport for End Users: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response Initial Year
983-8252 1 ProSupport for End Users: 7x24 Technical Support and assistance for end-users, 2 Year Extended
984-4780 1 ProSupport for End Users: 7x24 Technical Support and assistance for end-users

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Latitude E6400

 

Hi Forum,

I compared the speeker from the M4400 & M4500.
The speekers from the M4500 are a little bigger, the sound is clearer and the maximung volume is louder and do not distort.

For music, the speakers are high&mid, no basses. But they are 100% better then the M4400 speakers.

regards,
Dirk

 

The Dell website has actually been what's correct on the screens. If you are configuring an order and use the 'help me choose' button it clearly states in the comparison that all the m4500 screens are wled. The error in Dell's listing is supposedly their internal description that is going out on some of the order forms like the post a few above where it says:
320-8844 1 15.6" HD+ (1600 x 900) Wide View Anti-Glare RGB LED Display for M4500

I don't know how you feel you got bait and switched.... did they tell you it was RGB LED before you ordered? All the press releases indicate that the RGB screen was going to be the 1600x900 resolution and that's not even what you got. Either way, can't you just return it?

 

Agreed. The speakers on my M4400 are abysmal. The ones on my M4500 are quite passable.

 

I also agree about the m4500 speakers, i used them in the hotel while travelling this week and they sound quite good.

 

How did you get that system so cheap? I just configured the same thing and it's over $2000.

 

Premier account probably. My system's decked out (i7 920XM, FX 1800M, etc) and it only came out to $2600 w/ tax.

 

Finally I have git my M4500.
what an awesome machine

But one questions:
I have bought a 640GB Hdd so I had to reinstall everything

But I can not find any driver for the smart card reader.
So it is not working.

fpr my privious Latitude D830 such a driver was avaliable under "security" but I cannot find anything for the M4500

Who can help?

 

It's probably the Ricoh driver you need to install. Typically listed under chipset drivers.