Precision M4500 Owner's Lounge

Yea the whole of the 19x.xx where quite bad i heard. the other guy is using to my belief driver 189.74. dated in 16 of april.
maybe the manufacturers modded the best stable drivers. They wont just allows us to use the lates drivers if its not stable because they have to be as strict as possible to making sure the temps on max load will not go over the max operating temp or its considered false advertising and i guess the drivers knot3d is using works best for dell and yours works best hp......or maybe the stock speed is a lil higher on dell.
As for the 720m and 820m. im not ure how much it contributes to the difference in scores but im do know that the 820m and 920m with the same gpu makes a BIGish difference by a few hundred points.

 

Any news on when the wwan will be available for Europe?
What hardware will it be, 5530? What do you get is US?

 

I am considering purchasing the M4500, but I'm wondering if I will
be confortable with the size of the display. The height appears to
be quite a bit less than what I'm used to, but it's hard to tell
without actually having one in front of me. What is the physical
height and width of the display?

I want to purchase a port replicator and connect the M4500 to a larger
monitor most of the time. However, I will be traveling with it too.
Does anyone find that they have to do a lot of scrolling with the
widescreen display or have any eye strain from the high resolution?

I would appreciate any insight from anyone who already owns one.
Thanks.

 

Thanks for the info...Im still "in production" on May 10, Its worse than Christmas morning!!

 

I guess it will be 5540. I am currently using 5530 (bought separately some time ago). It doesn't work in windows because of driver issue (I think dell driver checks notebook model) but it works just fine in Linux.

19.5cm high
34.7cm wide

I don't think scrolling is an issue, I am however still getting used to the missing height. I tried few games and it is quite noticeable. The screen strains my eyes more than the 1680x1050 I had before but I think I can get used to it.

 

Similar situation as me. I ordered on 4/19. Original estimated delivery was 5/10. Then on 5/8 I got a notice that it was delayed until 5/18. Two days later it shipped and I'm getting it 5/12 (tomorrow, yipee!).

 

Can you please tell me how long it will stay on battery with DualCore i7 (620) and Quadro 880 with the 9-cell Battery? (Wlan activated and a "normal screen brightness")

Can someone make a battery-eater test?

Thanks

 

it will consume around 20W/h, so you will get 4-5 hours.

 

Anyone have any paticularly effective methods of getting crap out of the speaker grills?

 

Hey everyone! I'm so pleased that I finally found a laptop that is awesome enough to replace my Lenovo T400. I hope that it meets my expectations because the T400 was the best, most reliable and my personal favorite computer of all time. Hope this one takes the cake!

224-8093 1 Mobile Precision M4500
317-3630 1 Intel Core i5-520M Dual Core 2.40GHz 3MB for M4500
317-3639 1 2.0GB, DDR3-1066 SDRAM, 2 DIMM for Mobile Precision
330-8884 1 Internal Backlit English Keyboard for MPWS
330-1652 1 Documentation (English) Latitude E-Family/Mobile Precision
320-8834 1 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M Graphics with 1GB2 dedicated memory for M6500
342-0619 1 250GB 7200rpm Hard Drive for M4500
330-7455 1 No Fingerprint Reader and No Contactless Smartcard Reader, M4500
320-8840 1 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED Display for M4500
421-1610 1 Genuine Windows 7 Professional64-bit, w/ media, Mobile Precision, English
330-6322 1 Genuine Windows 7 Label, Latitude, Vostro and Mobile Precision Notebooks
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
430-3830 1 Intel Wireless Advanced-N 6200 802.11a/b/g/n Half Mini Card for 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
923-2972 1 Basic Hardware Service: Next Business Day Parts and Limited Labor Onsite Response 2 Year Extended
926-5160 1 Basic Hardware Service: Next Business Day Parts and Limited Labor Onsite Response Initial Year
909-1828 1 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus Onsite Service Extended Year(s)
909-1837 1 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year