Why aren't there any in depth reviews thus far for Dell Precision M4600 and M6600?

Hi everyone,

I would really appreciate it if those who have already received their system could be kind enough to take some time putting up a review on the systems.

For eg. I would like to know how is does the audio performance of the speaker compare to the previous the generation. The previous generation had a bad reputation when it came to its speaker fidelity.

I have been searching high and low for reviews. None thus far on googling as well.

 

iieeann mentioned that speakers are nominally an improvement compared to previous models. ....sigh!

 

There are plenty of reviews by reknown sites as well as plenty of user reviews here. Also remind you that the Precisions are a niche market to begin with.

And you don't buy a business class notebook for excellent speakers..

 

Are there? All I can find are user reviews. Any links?

 

I'm guessing because the models are relatively new.

I have the M4400, M4500, M4600 here, and I've changed my mind about the M4600 being an improvement on the M4500 sound wise, it is inferior in volume and distortion, the M4500 is the better of the three by a fair margin and I can't really remember reading a lot of complaints about it, unlike the M4400, especially early on when they had "sounding like tin cans" problem with software causing it to run sound at really low bit rate.

I'd suggest if sound is important, buy a multimedia notebook [or keep the one you have], not an expensive mobile workstation, all notebook speakers sound like varying degrees of junk anyway imho

 

Really M4500 speakers are better? I only have Latitude D630, M4400 and the current M4600. I don't have M4500 to compare, so M4600 is the 'best' among the 3. I don't expect people to query about workstation speakers performance so I never test more than just general listening.

I use external soundcard and headphone for audio. Precision built in soundcard and speakers are not for entertainment purpose.

 

Keep looking. There are quite a few on the first page.

 

@iiaann, the M4500 goes the loudest and fullest sounding without distortion, but it's still like picking from three shades of bad to me, take the speakers out of the equation with some IEM's and things are a lot better, if I wanted to tether myself to listening to music on my notebook, I would more than likely do what you have with external parts.

 

I'm satisfied with the sound on my M4600 for casual music listening while I work. Don't have much to compare against, but it's definitely listenable unlike my last one. I usually always have headphones with me anyways.

 

I was maybe the first to get a M6600 on notebook review and I wrote answers to questions people had.

I came from a M6500 so there was very little to say as the machine was so similar.

Bottom line was build quality was perhaps a little worse, screen bevel is poor vs E2E glass on the M6500. Sound is not amazing but better than most other laptops, slightly worse than the M6500. The aspect ratio of the screen and therefore the width of the laptop is a matter of choice but I think the 16:10 of the M6500 was better. Cooling is as good as the M6500. Touchpad is an ALPS pad and is surprisingly good. Keyboard is good slightly worse than the M6500, flex and feel, again this is just my opinion. Non IPS screen is better than most laptops but the RGBLED screen of the M6500 blows it away.

Other than that the M6600 wins in:

CPU, Memory Speed, GPU, Battery life, Ports (HDMI and DP++)

In other words read a M6500 review