Dell Precision M6600 quick review

specs | performance | in the box

Quick specs

• Intel Core i7 2820QM 2.30GHz
• 4x4GB DDR3 RAM @ 1333MHz
• 2x2.5" 7200RPM 500GB SATA HDDs in RAID1 setup
• Nvidia Quadro 3000M w/ 2GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 3000
• 17.3" FHD 16:9 LED (UltraSharp) multi-touch screen (1920x1080) w/ stylus, webcam and mic
• Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 802.11 AGN wifi + bluetooth
• Slot Load DVD+-R/RW w/Double Layer
• 9-cell 3760MAh 97Wh battery
• Weight 7.77lb (3.6kg)

Details

Performance
The laptop comes with windows 7 professional 64-bit. It boots from power-on to login screen in 45 sec (in a RAID1 setup with 2x500GB 7200rpm SATA disks). Shut down takes 14 seconds from clicking the button (while logged in) to power-off. Going to sleep takes 7 seconds and waking up - 3 seconds. The OS and all the bundled software take about 43gigs and the recovery partition is 752megs.

Windows experience index:

On AC power in "Ultra Performance" profile - 5.2

Super PI for 1mil and 8mil (on AC power):

CrystalDiskMark and HD Tune Pro:

PCMark05:
On AC power with Nvidia videocard in "Ultra Performance" profile - 10394
On battery power with Nvidia videocard in "Ultra Performance" profile - 8726
On battery power with Intel videocard in "Power Saving" profile - 5335 (about 64% slower)

3DMark06:

On AC power with Nvidia videocard in "Ultra Performance" mode - 14208

On battery power with Nvidia videocard in "Ultra Performance" mode - 2766

On battery power with Intel videocard in "Power Saving" mode - 2526 (9% slower)

What's in the box
AC adapter, manuals, stylus, resource media CD.