M6600 Owners Thread

16x9 is more for movies. haha. Should be on a XPS. Not a Precision.

 

Ha yeah I know. but 16:9 also helps to have windows side by side. And the biggest reason why I use precision is because of the design.

 

The quality of the IPS panel is better anything I have ever seen on a laptop before. If I had to choose between going 16:10 with a 6 or 8bit TN panel or 16:9 with the IPS panel, I would go for the IPS in a heartbeat.

16:9 is here to stay. The next hope is for higher density displays.

 

Request for a WUR (Whole Unit Replacement), as your brand new m6600 is probably filled with old/refurbished parts. The problem with anything Dell is, never open it up. The more you more the worst it gets. It's like a person going thru 1st, 2nd and 3rd major surgical operation in a short period.

 

I think, from where I'm from - Malaysia. There's not much of a choice. Dell wins hands down.

1. IBM's workstation has gone to Lenovo since 2005. No longer the same IBM quality ThinkPads 1600x1200 back in 2005 with UXGA. Really tough. Not a single repair in 4 years. With Dell, e.g. my two units of m6500 - 2-3 visits on the first 3 months.

2. The rest of the brands except HP's Elitebook, no onsite support, and bad configurations, and the manufacturer (Toshiba, Sony, Fujitsu) don't handle the customers directly. they leave it to the distributors (most of the time they mess up by pushing for their own higher profits, order lower end fast moving parts and ignore the rest. HP is ok, but slow in adapting with newer specs, cocky sales team (a billion light years better ethics than Sun workstation sales team).

3. All the rest of the brands (except maybe HP), No one-on-one swap, no accidental damage protection, don't allow to extend warranty when existing one is about to expire (IBM extended my workstation warranty even after lapse a year).

 

I have noticed my new laptop doesn't have an integrated camera.

Going back over the Dell website, and looking at the customise options, and it isn't available either.

Is this right?

Thanks in advance.

 

Well, I got a brand new M6600 this week , with LG panel, as a replacement for our flickering LCD on a M6600. Guess what? It flickers too on the three lowest settings. I think the only cure is the AUO panel. I don't think there are any of those that flicker.

 

I'm going to get my screen replaced too due to flickering. What's the part number for the auo panels?

 

It's what we can call classic cancer for dell syndrome...I meant replace the entire Laptop completely. Get Dell to ship you a new unit.

Didn't know the m6600 uses so many different types of LCD panel. AUO, N-Trig, LG, Philips etc....

I have faced this dell syndrome before. No matter how many parts in your system is changed - LCD, GPU, CPU, Mobo etc. Worst is, you only get refurbished parts !

 

We won't know the part-number. It's depends on availability in dell manufacturing. They practice just-in-time (minimal stock).