Dell Precision M6400 Covet Mobile Workstation Review

Description

An ideal for thoes who need massive scalability and performance especially for CGI stills and animation, compositing and video editing including special effects.

Configuration Summary

  • Intel®  Core™2 Duo Quad-Core Extreme Edition processor
  • 17" WUXGA RGB LED Edge To Edge Back-Lit Display
  • Graphics memory upto 1GB

What others are saying about the Dell Precision M6400

“Pros: Solidly built, plenty of processing power, room for up to 16GB of RAM, comfortable to use, dual-mode wireless networking, ExpressCard and PC Card slots

Cons: Fingerprint reader isn’t standard, modular bay doesn’t have a second battery option”   – pcworld.com

Technical Specs

Processor
Processor Class:

Intel®  Core(TM)2 Duo, Core 2 Duo Extreme Edition, Core 2 Duo Quad Core Extreme Edition Processors

Bus Speed: 1066 MHz
Memory
Installed Memory: Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
Maximum Memory: Upto 16GB
Memory Technology: DDR3
System
Input Devices:

TouchPad

2MP Camera

2 Speakers, Dual array microphones

Fingerprint Reader

Slots:

8-in-1 Card Reader

ExpressCard54

PC Card

Display
Display Size: 17" in
Display Type: 17" WUXGA RGB LED Edge To Edge Back-Lit Display
Max Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Video Chipset:

NVIDIA® Quadro FX 3700M Graphics with 1GB memory

Storage
Included Drives: CD-RW/DVD Combo
Hard Drive Capacity:

7200RPM Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive up to 500GB

7200RPM Encrypted FFS Hard Drive up to 160GB

Solid State Hard Drive up to 256GB5

Number of Storage Drives Included: 2
Features
Included Network Card:

Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Mini-Card

Dell Wireless 1510 802.11 a/g/n 2×3 Mini-Card

Intel Wireless 5100 802.11a/g/n 1×2 Mini-Card

Intel Wireless 5300 802.11a/g/n 3×3 Mini-Card

WWAN (US Only)

Dell Wireless 5530 (HSDPA) Mini-Card

Dell Wireless 5720 (EVDO) Rev A

1394 Powered 6-pin, USB 2.0 (x4), VGA, Display Port, RJ-45, Audio, eSATA

Included Devices:

WLAN

Bluetooth® 2.1

Next Generation Mobile Broadband

GPS

Battery Life:

9—cell batteries

Energy Star Compliant:
Software
Operating System:

Genuine Windows Vista®  Ultimate 32-Bit

Genuine Windows Vista®  Ultimate 64-Bit

Genuine Windows Vista®  Business 32-Bit

Genuine Windows Vista®  Business 64-Bit

Genuine Windows Vista®  Business with Windows®  XP Professional Preinstalled

Genuine Windows Vista®  Ultimate with Windows®  XP Professional Preinstalled

Genuine Windows Vista®  Business with Windows®  XP Professional 64bit Preinstalled

Genuine Windows Vista®  Ultimate with Windows®  XP Professional 64bit Preinstalled

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 64-Bit

Dimensions
Height: 34.5mm (f), 38.5mm (b)
Width: 393mm
Depth: 280.5mm
Weight: 3.86kg
Warranty
Warranty Information: 1 Year Limited Warranty
More Info
URL: Dell.com