Precision M6400 Owner's Lounge

I ordered October 22nd, had an eta at December 8th and its being delivered on Monday November 17th. They said it probably would be faster than first eta tho.

 

I am thinking about doing RAID, so this may be a stupid question. Do bigger hard drives in the same family, for example WD Scorpio Black, perform better than the smaller ones? I assume the smaller ones might be less expensive, weigh less, and consume less power.

 

What the? Me:
Ordered: 10/27
Est Ship Date: 12/8!



Someone at Dell has it in for me

 

Ordered mine 10/12
Estimated ship date 11/18
Arrived 11/12
new customer, silver standard,

 

I believe you're right about the specific options causing a delay. I was calling 3rd party memory vendors if they had the 4GB SODIMMs in stock and all of them said they did not and did not plan on carrying them because they're so expensive to carry. With that information, I would guess that the buyers who purchased the memory configuration with 8GB or more with the 4GB SODIMMs might have a longer delay if Dell does not already have that memory in their inventory.

 

Planning on buying this tomorrow:

Mobile Precision M6400 Intel® Core™ 2 Quad QX9300 (2.53GHz, 12M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Vista® Ultimate 64-BIT SP1, With media
Memory 8.0GB, DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM, 4 DIMMS
Internal Keyboard Internal English Backlit Keyboard
Graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M, 1.0GB Discrete 3700M
Primary Hard Drives 250GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor
LCDs 17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) RGB LED LCD Display
Bluetooth Dell Wireless® 410 Bluetooth Module with UWB
Modem USB Modem
AC Adapter 210W 3P, A/C Adapter 210AC
Media Bay Devices 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™
Camera / Microphone Integrated 2.0 MP webcam with dual digital array microphone
Wireless LAN (802.11) Intel® WiFi Link 5300 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card
Secondary Hard Drive 250GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM with Free Fall Sensor
System Documentation Resource DVD and Quick Reference Guide
RAID Configuration All Hard Drives, RAID 0, 2 drive total
Primary Battery 9 Cell Battery
Hardware Support Services 3 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 3 Year NBD Onsite Service
Misc Cables & Accessories DisplayPort to DVI (Single Link) Adapter for E-Family
Misc Cables & Accessories DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter for E-Family HDMI
Notebook Security Options Media Module Security Lock - Locks Module to system via Security Screw
Additional Power Options 210W 3P, A/C Adapter
Additional Power Options Additional 9 Cell Battery
Establish First Boot Device Boot to Hard Disk Drive
Accessories Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia PRO Keyboard with built-in 2-port USB Hub
LCDs 17 inch Wide Screen WUXGA RGBLED LCD Panel w/ integrated camera and mic
OS Labels Vista Premium Label
E/Port Plus 210W Port Replicator for Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6400
Neo Premium Sleeve - Fits Laptops of Size 17-inch for Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6400
Logitech Z-4 Multimedia Speaker System

Was not able to find 12-cell battery.

I have an external Maxtor Onetouch III 750GB for regular backups so hopefully not too risky with RAID 0.
Comments/Advice ...

Hopefully coolslice for M6400 will become available.

Now all I need is one of those juicy coupons ...

 

Has anybody found a 3rdparty power adapter which can be used instead of this "brick" that ships with the M6400?

I found a slim one from Kensington (Wall/Auto/Air Ultra Portable Notebook Power Adapter ) but unfortunately it is just supports 120W :-(

Cheers
Stefan

 

sanka99: original ship date was 8/12/2008, ordered on 17/10/2008

 

so how much fast would 2 ssd's in raid0 be than 2 7200's in raid0 .?

 

so how much faster would 2 ssd's in raid0 be than 2 7200's in raid0 .?