New M6500 Discussion Thread

I ordered my M6500 3-20 and it's due to ship next day on 4-7. Keeping my fingers crossed my ship date doesn't get delayed. I ordered an M6400 for my wife on 2-20 which was due to ship next day on 3-17, then 3-25, then 4-1, then 4-5, and now 4-12. If my M6500 ships on 4-7 it will only have been 18 days since my order date. Has anyone had their machine ship 18 days or less after order date?

 

Hi all,

Has anyone checked the Large Business section lately? the Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
And the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 Wireless cards are out, they have ban for a week.

 

I hate damn system exchange, they send me the wrong system and now i have to wait for another system now. Turned out they sent me 4gb ram compared to 8gb for current, fx 2800 compared to fx 3800 i currently have and a wxga screen instead of the RGBLED.

 

Looks like I'll be returning mine then.....LMAO !!

 

identical configuration except with the 6300N is almost $500 more. I'd rather just buy the card from the dude on the board and save some cash

 

Runtime test #2.....Photoshop and general online browsing at 50% brightness and 2 drives running..... 2.5 hours before system hibernated.

john

 

Hi altoid,


What are you talking about the Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 is the same
price as the Intel WiFi Link 5300.

Are you talking about your M6500’s Configuration, if so you always bargain
with your rep about the price...

 

I meant the cost difference between the identical system on the large business site vs the small business site except changing the wireless card to the 6300 is about a $500 increase.

 

I keep seeing people referring to "their rep". I have been pricing this out on the website and, while I did not pull the trigger yet, I am assuming I could just give my CC and get it.
Since most people say you can negotiate with your rep, how can I get one of these nice reps?

 

Hi Sherman,

Just wanted to say thanks for your detailed answer to my post. It helped a lot.