Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

Michiko

When I ordered mine (a few) they had a recovery partition but nothing in them (Win7). The ProSupport rep said that because I ordered a Recovery DVD that it is why no recovery partition.
Recovery DVD for Win7 is like you say no product key necessary and a few other customizations. Of course one of mine had shipped without the ordered R-DVD and the R-Part. was corrupt.

That you can't get a clean Microsoft Win8 downloaded from internet is horrible news it seems. Nothing under the battery - No product key?

I don't like the way things are going as witnessing this experience.


EDIT: See Aaron's next post which clears this up. Thanks for that info.

I'm not worried about entering a product key when reimaging. We all have to enter lots of them for different programs.

Addendum: Posts about using Premiere Color.

 

Machines that come with Windows 8 pre-loaded do not include a sticker with the key. However, you can use a generic Windows 8 install disc and it will pick up the key from the system. I did this on a machine just two days ago. I used a generic Windows 8 install DVD on an OEM machine and it went through the install without ever asking me for the product key, including activating itself happily when finished.

You can use this tool to get your key out, in any case.

 

What version of Dell Webcam Central does the M6700 with? I'm looking for version 2.x to install on my M4600. If the M6700 comes with version 2.x, I would appreciate if someone would upload it for me.

 

Another question is, did anyone NOT ordering this through their work business line have an issue purchasing at all? Or really have an issue getting the discount shown on the Small and Medium Business site? I know the discount applied differs if you select Healthcare, Large enterprise, and others versus Home, but I want to get an idea pricing when I call can be close to what I am showing right now.

Starting Price: $5,306.71
Instant Savings: $1,698.15
Final Price: $3608.56

The above is for the following config:

I skipped on upgrading to SSD, BluRay drive, and more RAM as both of those should be cheaper outside Dell. As far as the rest like the Windows Office Pro I haven't looked around to see if that can be had much cheaper than Dell's offering as from what iv'e seen MSFT has a pretty good lock on pricing it seems...


*The other thing I looked at was Dell's "Hard Drive Data Recovery Service" and "Asset Recovery Svc Label and Box for recovery" items that they offer as I have never used either of them before thus not know much about them really... or if honestly worth it.
Lastely I noticed that they now charge for "Asset Tags on the System Chassis" in the form of either "ProSupport Client Label" or "Basic Support Label" with or without Company name.... what are those? I assume the service tag and all that is still stuck on the bottom of the chassis no matter what, so unsure what the difference is with these.

Thanks in advance everyone! Looking forward to making my purchase of the Covet soon here. hoping I can get decent pricing by calling myself and not going through any company line...

 

Hallo Guys,

Maybe a stupid question ....

Before this laptop I have worked briefly with Windows 7 on a Thinkpad.
I had Microsoft Security Essentials on that laptop and never ever had a protection issue.



But on this Covet I don't see Essentials ? Is this something that I have to intall by myself ( is it not a part of Windows ??? )
And when I do so, would this be enough ? ( no other virus scanner needed ? )

Today I had a little problem - C: and D: were not accesible, but after rebooting everything was OK....(pfwiew.....)
But in panic I tried to do a system recovery in Windows.
That didn't worked....would not even start....
Is that normal ?

 

MSE is a free download from MS and is not included by default in Win 7 or by Dell. You have to install it yourself.

Microsoft Security Essentials | Protect against viruses, spyware, and other malware

With Windows 8 it is called Windows Defender and is included within the OS.

 

Hi guys, any opinions on the above? Have got to make a decision by tomorrow if i am going to buy the other M6700. Thanks!

 

hi,
you can just open the back of the m6700. there must be a wwan slot and 2 unused antennas stored near to it.
thanks.

fabian

 

"I had Microsoft Security Essentials on that laptop and never ever had a protection issue."

Since I switched from McAfee to MSE a year ago I have gotten two "pup's". They were detected by Malwarebytes. I also keep a free copy of Malwarebytes and run a scan every couple of weeks along with MSE. MSE scan does not always catch issues. Still a better track record than McAfee.

Others here may have their own preferences for virus protection.

However, of course, the relevant question is: How do you know for sure that you are really virus free?

 

I run Microsoft Security Essentials automatically and update/run the following 3 by hand.

- Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (mrt.exe)
- Malwarebytes
- Kaspersky TDSSKiller

Malwarebytes and TDSSKiller have found/fixed items that MSE has not. These 4 applications also seem to play nice with each other.

There is also the Microsoft Safety Scanner (msert.exe) which appears to be similar to the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (mrt.exe). It expires ever 10 days and needs to be manually updated and run.