Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

Are any of the killer wireless cards compatible with the 6700???

I noticed they are not offered as an option but didn't know if there was a specific reason as to why not exactly...

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I see no reason why they wont work.

 

Just order my M6700 this morning over the phone. Have a ship date of 1/25/2013 with a delivery date of 1/31/2013. I am so stoked. Going to add 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM and a 256GB Samsung Pro 840 SSD.

Here are my specs:

3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM Processor (2.7GHz, 6M cache, Upgradable to Intel® vPro™ technology)
Windows 7 Ultimate,w XP Mode, No Media, 64-bit, English
Recovery Media for Windows® 7 Ultimate,64bit,Multiple Language
NVIDIA® Quadro® K4000M with 4GB GDDR5
3 Year Basic Hardware Service with 3 Year NBD Limited Onsite Service After Remote Diagnosis
2.0GB, DDR3-1600MHz SDRAM, 1 DIMM
FIPS Compliant Fingerprint Reader, USH and Contactless Smartcard Reader
17.3" UltraSharp™ FHD (1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare, Premium Panel Guarantee, USH
Integrated HD video webcam and noise reducing array microphones
750GB 2.5" 7200rpm Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load
Internal English Backlit Keyboard
3 Year Warranty 9-cell (87WH) Primary Lithium Ion Battery
Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 802.11n 3x3 Half Mini-card
Dell Wireless™ 380 Bluetooth 4.0 LE Module

Hopefully this will be a system I can use for quite a few years to come. I am coming of a Gateway M-6862 15.5", so it quite the jump for me.

 

Congrats! That pretty much looks like the m6700 I have now except I have 16gb of ram.....I can recommend Pro support given that I started with an M6500 and was system replaced under warranty to M6600 over the summer, and last week to an M6700.
I noticed a speed difference from M6500 to M6600, but from M6600 to M6700 not so much really. If I was a current M6600 owner, I wouldn't upgrade this time around for those wondering.

 

There isn't much of a difference in performance from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge, the difference between Clarksfield and Sandy Bridge was easily felt though. That said, if every second counts for you, upgrade, otherwise, might as well wait for Haswell.

 

That's pretty much my opinion on the matter.... I know this has been asked a few times, so I gave my "seat of the pants" opinion on it....for gaming, I don't notice much if anything between M66 & M67. If it wasn't for AMD, Intel would probably still be spoon feeding us 33mhz at a time

 

Well necessity is the mother of invention; and competition is the consumers best friend. Still, there are professional machines, and that mean staying current is important. For those that use it in a business application, every little bit of power/speed is a benefit.

BTW, isn't total performance also a factor of program and components? Can the M66 match ports, utilize current GPUs and displays? Also, isn't M67 storage superior? As you imply, some or all of these may or may not matter that much.

 

Hi guys,

in august 2011 I bought:

My customization bought by myself:
2nd hdd: SSD Samsung 830 256gb
and RAM: 16Gb 1333 mhz (2x8Gb)


For different reasons (in particular I waited 20 days the assistance to solve a problem..) they just recognized me to change my xps with this:

I use computer for photo and video editing (lightroom, photoshop and avid studio).
I think it is a good change, no?
maybe I could ask for "3 Year Warranty 9-cell (87WH) Primary Lithium Ion Battery" or "Primary 9-cell 97W/HR" is enough?

PS I think I could bring in the precision my customization did in xps, correct?

Very appreciated your feeback, thanks guys!

ciao!

 

The Dell spare part number for the ODD HDD is:
Assembly, Housing, HD-BAY, 7MM, M4700/6700 (PDG96)

This doesn't include the HDD in it!

 

I think you'll like this machine. The specs look in line with or better than what you had on the XPS. You might want to look at getting the IPS display instead of the regular one, since you're in graphics, you may appreciate the better color and viewing angle. (The regular screen is already top-notch as far as laptop displays go, though, as long as you get the FHD.)

The battery is up to you. One has slightly higher capacity and one has a longer warranty.