Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

Yes, I am pleased with the final deal. It took several tries to get the deal done, but in the end everything came together. Halleluja!

As to "my concerns", I was never seriously considering a Mac. Not even for a minute. I've owned two Thinkpads and have loved them both, especially my current machine, now 7 years in service and still going strong!!!! Reliable workhorses that just keep on ticking. I fell in love with the IPS screen, which is an entirely different realm of existence than the TN panels I've owned and used. That's the main reason why I held out for the M6700; my other consideration was the HP Elitebook W, another business-class machine which comes in IPS.

I think I was able to get a great bargain on my Covet because they are most likely going to discontinue them and the IPS panels at Dell. At least in their business machines. Hope I'm wrong on that. IPS is the way to go.

 

Seems like a decent price. You must be in Europe. Prices outside the U.S. are higher for just about anything. I'm in Korea and went shopping for a Samsung SSD and some memory, which they make right here in Korea, but the prices they quote me here are 20 to 30% *higher* than what is possible in the States. Always been true. Same thing if you want to buy a Nikon or Canon camera in Japan: 30+% higher than in the States. It's just the way it is.

 

That depends on whether you intend to keep it to term or sell it in a year or two. If you intend to sell it soon after then you'll need the most recent processor. Otherwise I don't think it will matter in the bigger scheme of things. These CPU changes are incremental not major.

However, if you're hesitating there must be a reason. If you're saying another less expensive unit can do what you need done, then that's something only you can answer since you will be the one paying for it. Good luck.

 

You are really overpaying. I bought recently from eBay a brand new sealed m6700 with 1200$ plus 120$ shipping to Europe from the USA. Specs are close to yours except for the cpu which is 3540m, no fingerprint Reader but I get a 128gb ssd besides the 500gb HDD. Plus it all comes with 3 year warranty valid in Europe.

Take a closer look on eBay and maybe you când find something that is a lot cheaper than that.

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I don't really need such a pricy "beast" to work actually, a cheap 800€ Asus could probably do it with some limitations BUT in my experience those machines don't last long, you can't really replace anything that breaks and they have poor thermal management for 24/7 operation, etc. In 2006 I bought cash a Macbook Pro thinking it would last long, but after about 1 year of heavy use it failed in many ways. But there's no need to preach about that here.

From what I understand, the M6700 would be a good long term investment for me, as I intend to use it for at least 3 years. I would buy it on eBay if I could pay cash but I can't, as I'm still a (poor) student, so I thought maybe it would be a good opportunity with the loan, even if that means overpaying it in the end...

Anyway, thanks for your opinions, I'll think about it a bit more.

 

hey there, quick question:

After waiting since mid last year, I see that the normal m6700 now has the option for a multitouch screen, though strangely enough, this option is absent for the covet edition. Does anyone know if the multitouch option is ever going to be available on the 6700 covet?

 

I believe you are right about business machines (M6700, HP Elitebook w, Thinkpads). Manufacturers know these are used for business, where reliability and longevity are highly valued. Consumer grade laptops are for personal use so the exacting demands for business machines is absent to a larger extent. If you want longevity and reliability, go with a business-class machine.

 

The Covet comes only with the IPS screen, which I don't think has the touch option, at least not in the IPS screens Dell is using. (Cannot speak for other iterations, only for the current edition of the Covet.)

 

Hi all
i recently bought a precision m6700 with k4000m and RGB LED antiglare version, using nvidia 320 drivers.
my main problem with the screen is magenta and blue tinges in the corners which i learned to live with, but most importantly banding issues when using color profiles other than Default. This makes the screen useless to me. My understanding is that the video card is 10bit and screen is 10bit but the Premier Color application that lets you choose the color profiles works at 8 bits, introducing the artifacts. Is there a solution to this? Will buying an external monitor like Eizo CG246 (which has hardware calibration over 10 bits) let me use the full potential of the 10 bits videocard and get rid of the banding?
thanks

 

The banding issue was found by another owner before, it is due to the software conversion the premier color do. If you have a calibrator , you can probably do colorspace clipping profiles using the profiling software. Most(if not all) 10bit screen are wide gamut, so if you need to use premier color to clip colorspace, you will need to use a calibrator to do so on the external.