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Dell Precision M6300 (M90 Successor) Revealed!

post #1 of 74
8/12/07 at 1:35pm
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From Engadget



"Notebook Italia has shots and specifications for a rumored 17-inch Dell Precision M6300 laptop, which could replace the ageing Dell Precision M90. We'll start with the most interesting feature, which is a BTO option for up to 8GB of installed RAM available when you include a copy of Vista 64-bit. Beyond that, the M6300 is rumored to feature Intel Core 2 Duos from 1.8GHz up to 2.4GHz, with a 2.6GHz Intel Core Extreme X7800 topping out the line. It'll also come with options for NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M, 2600M, or FX 3600M graphics cards. There will apparently also be options for 1440x900, 1900x1200, and 1920x1200 glossy and matte displays, and a Blu-ray drive configuration. The word is that this model could ship by August 31st, so at least you haven't got long to wait."


Those Videocard choices are certainly interesting. Im also quite fond of the previous generation design while maintaining current generation hardware what do you guys think?
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post #2 of 74
8/12/07 at 1:38pm
it looks like a nice machine, and better looking than Dells other recent addtions to the Inspiron line
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post #3 of 74
8/12/07 at 2:13pm
Hmn. It seems like different form factor from new XPS. I hope it's better~~!
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post #4 of 74
8/12/07 at 2:57pm
Looks exactly like the M90, which looks better than their new design.
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post #5 of 74
8/12/07 at 3:13pm
Yeah, only thing I noticed was the fingerprint reader. The form factor knocks off SLI option like new XPS will have though. I just hope the GPU's are as good as they are supposed to.
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post #6 of 74
8/12/07 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by ACHlLLES View Post
Yeah, only thing I noticed was the fingerprint reader. The form factor knocks off SLI option like new XPS will have though. I just hope the GPU's are as good as they are supposed to.
Yeah I noticed the fingerprint reader as well.

Seeing as the M90 and M6300 are considered a mobile workstations and not a gaming machines, I doubt Dell would ever consider SLI anytime in the future as I don't think it's really needed when using it what it was intended for.
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post #7 of 74
8/12/07 at 4:16pm
i wonder how different this chassis is from the current ones... it will be interesting to see just how many parts are intechangable with the current 9400/1705/1710/M90
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post #8 of 74
8/12/07 at 5:10pm
Different mobo means most main parts won't be interchangable I think.
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post #9 of 74
8/12/07 at 5:12pm
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Originally Posted by Disillusion View Post
Yeah I noticed the fingerprint reader as well. Seeing as the M90 and M6300 are considered a mobile workstations and not a gaming machines, I doubt Dell would ever consider SLI anytime in the future as I don't think it's really needed when using it what it was intended for.
It sounds like the system will come out w/ same card as M1720 initially, then move on to 512 MB memory GPU's from what I've read so far.
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post #10 of 74
8/12/07 at 5:55pm
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Originally Posted by ACHlLLES View Post
Different mobo means most main parts won't be interchangable I think.

but if the mobo will fit...
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post #11 of 74
8/12/07 at 6:48pm
That will cost alot, plus wouldn't be covered by the standard 3yr warranty which precision systems carry.

If it's going to be a good upgrade system from the cureent M90, I'm definately going for it after selling my M90. I like the business side warranty support (I have'nt waited longer than 5 minutes on the phone) over the home side support anyways.
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post #12 of 74
8/12/07 at 7:10pm
What are the Quadro FX 1600M, 2600M, and FX 3600M cards equivalent to? 8600M GT, 8700M GT and SLI 8700M GTs?
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post #13 of 74
8/12/07 at 7:46pm
Think the lowest quadro is better than an 8600, more like an 8700GT, I think, anyway have a look:

Here is a review of a direct competitor to an M90, HP 8710workstation. Bloody nice laptop, shame about the numberpad, but the screen is reviewed as A1

Worth having a look if your in the market for an M90

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3864

quadro 1600 gets 4535 3dmark6

and note that the old 2500 version gets about 4600 according to this website

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html

so the new cards are better than the older quadros
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post #14 of 74
8/12/07 at 8:27pm
So the Quadro FX 1600M == an 8700M GT? What could the 2600M and 3600M possibly be then? 8700M SLI and the long awaited 8800M?
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post #15 of 74
8/13/07 at 12:09pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
it looks like a nice machine, and better looking than Dells other recent addtions to the Inspiron line

It looks exactly like an M90.

Which is not to disagree about it being nice looking or better than the recent additions. But the case looks just like the existing M90.

I wish they would make the gans easily accessible. My old Inspiron 8500, it was two screws to undo, pop out the fan and clear the fluff off the fan and heatsink. On the M90, you need to take the whole thing apart including undoing about 20 screws, taking off the display bezel the keyboard , disconnecting te wifi antenna - its kind of ludicrous.
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post #16 of 74
8/13/07 at 12:14pm
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Originally Posted by ZX81 View Post

quadro 1600 gets 4535 3dmark6

and note that the old 2500 version gets about 4600 according to this website

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html

so the new cards are better than the older quadros

The 2500M gets 4740 on 3dmark06 when I benchmark it. Which I have done maybe 30 times with different drivers. The link above is from one report.

Interesting that the 1600 gets better results than the 1500 which it replaces; lets hope that trend continues for the 2600 and 3600.
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post #17 of 74
8/13/07 at 12:19pm
A 31 August release date for this workstation fits oddly with the Open GL 3.0 release date of early September. Although 3.0 is more of a 2.2, really so maybe its not as surprising after all.

http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/0...-in-september/
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post #18 of 74
8/13/07 at 12:34pm
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post #19 of 74
8/13/07 at 1:23pm
Same chassis, keyboard and screen as the XPS Gen2...
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post #20 of 74
8/13/07 at 2:02pm
I reckon the 3600 is a single GPU with 1.5GB of RAM. They have Memory chips with high enough density, and I beleive some desktop Quadros are shipping with over 1GB. I have no details on the video cards themselves. But the system has the SAME teardown as the 9400/M1710/M90 However, upgrading to a newer video card won't be easy as you'll have to buy the new motherboard and a new CPU. (the M6300 has the 965 chipset whereas the M90 used the 945).

Dell says 8GB of RAM and Blu-Ray won't be available initially, only an undisclosed amount of time after it's released. They didn't do anything spectacular for the Latitude Line and Santa Rosa and This new M6300 Precision continues that trend. All Dell changed was the electronics and left it at that.
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