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Desktop-caliber performance combines with portability in a single unit.
The Dell Precision M6600 is the top-of-the-line model in the company's mobile workstation series. Based on Dell's largest LED-backlit panel and Intel's newest mobile CPU, the M6600 can substitute for a traditional office-bound desktop workstation for all but the most extreme projects. For those who require a CAD workstation for both the office and on the road (or at home), the M6600 is a single-system solution.
System Features
The Dell Precision M6600 features an Intel Core i-5 2540M and can be configured to a variety of Intel processors, including an Extreme Quad Core i7-2920XM mobile CPU (8-MB cache) running at 2.5 GHz. This chip supports a Turbo mode of 3.5 GHz when running a single core. Our review system arrived loaded with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate. It tips the scales at 9 lbs - a bit on the heavy side, but far from the 12 lbs weight of a competitor's machine that we reviewed recently. The darkbrown aluminum and magnesium alloy chassis is rugged and measures 16.4" x 10.7" x 1.5".
Dell pairs the M6600's spacious 17.3" LED-backlit panel with NVIDIA's Quadro 4000M graphics controller loaded with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory. This combination provides a maximum on-screen resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 with 32-bit color. (The NVIDIA 4000M supports a maximum resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 with an external digital monitor or projector.)
Additional key features of the M6600 include 8 GB of 1,600 MHz DDR3 SDRAM and a pair of 256-GB SATA 3 solid-state drives in a RAID 0 configuration to maximize readwrite performance. (As this article was going to press, Dell announced...