M6600 Owners Thread

May I ask where in the config? It is not a big deal but I have played around with different settings there and do not seem able to get rid of that icon.

 

Hello, Bokeh (and others),

Comparing the M6600 1920 x 1080 LG, AU displays with the newer IPS display: Are there noteworthy improvements in the more expensive IPS option for rendering ordinary text content such as we have in messages on this forum or common applications (e.g., Excel or Word)?

Thanks for sharing your experience.

--John

 

Yep, that's it. It fits ok. I need to do a little filing to get it to fit perfectly.

 

haha, filing needs to be done ? wow. Thought it's only applies to prototype or Lab configurations.

 

1. majority of current SSD disks are done in MLC technology and number of write cycles is highly limited (when compare to SLC technology). All suggestions are connected with decreasing it and Windows can work brillant without swapfile especially when you have more RAM (like 8, 12 or 16 GB) and used by you apps don't need more. The same indexing (Windows can work without it), defragmenting (useless for SSD), prefetching, TRIM - you can live without it, but your disk will go faster to the trash.

2. SSD disks often have some free area, which is used for different purposes like Garbage Collection (for example in Samsung you can use Magician software to manage it). I don't know, if some actions done by firmware there enable disk light or not.

3. many fails are visible because of controllers/firmware problems and you should regullary update it after making full data backup

 

I don't remember, I have uninstalled it all.

 

There are more e.g. TLC - Tri-bit Level Cell. eMLC and eSLC.

 

IPS has much more contrast between black and white. Viewing angles are better. Colors pop. White point is much more neutral and close to 6500K. I don't know how much it will help with Office tasks, but people that work with color will want it. Right now I am helping an HVAC engineer spec out an M6600 at work for CAD work. He likes the fact that with the IPS panel it is easier for him to see the different colors he is using in his plans.

Matte coating on the IPS is very close to the matte coating on the regular TN 1920x1080 panel. May be exactly the same.

Once you have used the IPS display, it is tough to go back to a "regular" TN panel. But, even the 1920x1080 TN panel on the M6600 is better than most regular panels. Most cover 40-60% of the NTSC color gamut, and the one on the M6600 does 72% of NTSC which is 100% of sRGB.

I am working on a proper review of the IPS panel.

 

Just got my new unit in with the 5010m, I was wondering does it have switchable graphics??

 

A little wrong...
This is called "Optimus". Yes, there is.
Switchable graphics - the name of a similar technology. From ATI (AMD).

Best Regards,
Alex.