M6600 Owners Thread

I disagree. 96GB should be enough space for programs and OS. I know plenty of people who run a 128GB SSD for OS and programs with a 500GB+ platter for files, media, ect... and they still have a good amount of room to spare.

 

It really comes down to how you use your machine. I have 125GB of apps & vm's on my SSD, all user data is on the second HDD. Granted my use may not be typical, but that's why I went with the 256GB model.

I have no jitter with the pen or touch input. I can hold a scroll bar and the center of the screen & everything is steady. The biggest determent to the touch screen in my opinion is the angle I am using it from. That being said it works well enough when I need to touch up images in Photoshop. The pressure sensitivity works acceptably if you configure the brush correctly. It also works well when emulating android devices.

I would also like to know how the pen communicates with the pc. It isn't bluetooth or wifi, maybe some proprietary receiver in the touch screen & transmitter in the pen.

 

I agree that individual usage is a big factor in the equation. I just felt that saying that a 128GB mSATA was only good as a swap space or a spare hard drive was not true. Most people can use a 128GB mSATA as their OS and programs drive with a platter drive for everything else, and still have plenty of room to spare on the 128GB mSATA.

 

Agreed. The 128GB SSD is plenty large enough for a system drive (if you have another drive for extra storage). You can always install larger or less-frequently-used programs on another drive anyway.

 

Is there any way to increase the keyboard back light time? I've Googled forever on this and found nothing but guesses.
- It does NOT show on the keyboard applet in control panel.
- It is NOT in the Windows Mobility Center
- It is NOT in the Power Options.
So can it be adjusted like on other computers or not?

 

I remember seeing it in one of the Dell Program's options.

I don't have mine any more but I do know that it is controlled inside a Dell utility..

 

The keyboard backlight setting is in the BIOS

 

You got me going. However, it does intensity only. The intensity I can change with Function + Right-Arrow

 

I don't really see the point of holding yourself back with a mSATA drive on a machine of this class. Or are they now up to beyond middle-of-the-road 2.5" S6 SSD speeds?

 

My thing is that this machine is already heavy enough as-is, so I may as well save some time (by not having to move one drive over and install another in it's place) and a little weight by going with an mSATA drive.

It all comes down to personal preference. From what I understand, you will not see a huge speed difference between SATA II and SATA III interfaces, so I may as well save some weight and time by going with an mSATA drive, even if it is only SATA II.