Precision M2400 Owner's Lounge

Latitude D630 actually can only have NVS 135m, so NVS 160m for the E6400 is a practical GPU upgrade.
On the other hand, Precision M2300 has Quadro FX 360M while the new M2400 has Quadro FX 370m.

I think Dell puts GPU cards that are practical for the 14" notebooks. Get the Precision M4400 if you want a more powerful GPU or wait for the M6400.

Regarding ThinkVantage: I respect everyones opinion about it. My personal experience with ThinkVantage is nothing but great, especially Rescue and Recovery. Of course, I don't install all of them after a clean install. Just the ones I deem important.

Back to topic: I already asked for a quote for M2400 and E6400. It now boils down to the price.

 

That's true, they all have some unnecessary drivers, etc., but I think most of that is a convenience to the user so they don't have to download them. I'm really talking about trial software. Just buy a Sony laptop and look at all the trial software that they install. You spend an hour or more just uninstalling all that stuff.

Dell is pretty good about not loading any trial ware on their business laptops. Lenovo is also, except I don't like having 75 - 80 processes running just because of all their Advantage tools. Slows down the boot up and slows down the system.

 

First thing I've always done to new computers is to print out the actual hardware specs, then wipe it. For some reason, a new computer with an OS that I didn't install just doesn't have that "new OS" feel. Yes, it is probably mental, but it is a relatively easy fix. Plus you find out how well the OS supports the hardware (recognized drivers with no downloads). I remember my I8600 would install, but have no ethernet or wireless drivers with XP--fun times. Thankfully Vista includes most of the ancient hardware drivers to get most of the system running. I also agreed on the hardware control program. I want windows to manage my wireless connections, thank-you-very-much.

 

That's what really worries me...the stuff that you don't know has been installed.

It's a little of both. A friend of mine got an Inspiron 1525 with Core 2 Duo T8300, 4GB RAM, 250GB HDD, and it booted up a lot slower than my 2-year-old D620. After I finished reinstalling Vista, it booted up quite a bit faster than my D620.

 

After some consideration I have ordered M2400 instead of E6400 as well.

I've tried to reserch internet in Video card details, it seems that you can losely connect dots in following way:

FX370M --> 9400GS --> 9500GT

FX370M Specs on the bottom of the page:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_11761.html

 

I'm about to purchase an M2400, and was wondering if I could use the E6400 12W battery slice with it...

 

Most likely yes. The Precision M2400 and E6400 differ only in the LCD cover and the GPU.

 

I too got myself an M4400 instead of the E6400. More bang for buck for sure with that gfx card difference.

 

Hi guys, im looking into buying a Precision M2400 in the near future. I'd be using it almost exclusively for audio recording in studio (using Cubase 4) and for live performance. Just wondering if you think the M2400 is the machine for the job

 

Woooohoooo!

What's your ship date?