M6600 and M4600 are coming in Feb.

I have a question about the buying lower specced components and replacing them aftermarket in order to save costs. I realize I can do this with memory and hard drive, but will replacing a harddrive right after purchase be worth it? Sounds like a hassle, would it require a complete reinstall of windows/drivers?

 

But all displays are said to have a minimum gamut of 72% (older FHD W-Led in M4500 had 60%). So it should have excellent sRGB gamut - for most users the better solution.

Besides the IPS bonus I question if Dell made the things right and the user can control the big Adobe-RGB gamut to have accurate sRGB colors < most pictures and the whole web is in sRGB... And the W-Led needs lesser power than RGB-Led.

Sometimes lesser is more... We'll see...

Best, Walter

 

I think it would be better to have the opportunity to have at least the option of B+GR LED display that has a 95% gamut (the same of XPS15 and Thinkpad W520) and does not cost as an IPS.
If DELL IPS cost like HP IPS maybe is better buy an IPS display for desktop...

 

Great reply Aikimox, thank you. That clears up a lot and you're right on the take-away. Its begining to happen therefore a gothing that is only a matter of time.

 

I believe it is worth it. Dell charges 85 dollars for a 500gb drive *upgrade* when you can get one on Newegg for less than that. By doing this, you're also left with an extra drive. You can do a disk clone, which would avoid the OS/driver/software reinstalls.

Also, Seagate and WD provide free disk management software (imaging, cloning, etc) so if you purchase their drive, the software is free. And this applies to both OEM and retail versions of their drive; the software they provide (Acronis I think) is modified to run only when their drive is detected in the system. The only difference is that the retail version probably contains a CD containing the software while you'll have to DL the installer from their website if you purchase the OEM version.

 

Thanks, I'll have to look into that then. I would also require an external HD case?

 

ksna: You could buy either a case or an esata to sata wire. A USB case is generally $10 to $30. If you don't care about the looks of the hard drive, you could just get the wire off Ebay (< $1). An esata connection is faster than a USB connection.

 

If you have a desktop with sata connections and spare sata cables you can also put both drives in that machine and do the cloning.

An eSATA to SATA wire is definitely an option, but ksna will still need power, which would require a separate power supply. This includes both a SATA to USB adapter and the power supply, which you could use to make a temporary external drive out of the spare hard drive; I like to use it because when I'm doing data recovery, it eliminates the need to mess with enclosures or computer cases. For a permanent solution, any enclosure that you find online would do as well; I would just recommend that you pay a little more for an eSATA interface to speed up the process and if you decide to use the spare drive as an external, you'll definitely want the faster interface.

 

Good Morning,

It's a TN display with only 6 Bit resolution! IMHO to low for wide gamut - to control it. The IPS panel has 8 or 10 Bit resolution (if software like PS CS5 assists 10 Bit)!!

So IMHO it is a clever decision by Dell. Therefore Dell optimized the gamut from good 60% to perfect 72% - for excellent sRGB gamut.

Best, Walter

 

Has anyone found more information about the new "color correct" calibration system that will be coming with these systems? It looks like we will finally have 10bit ips panels that will be just as good as ips desktop displays. I just want to make sure I will be able to get very consistent color and luminance curves between the M's internal and external monitors.