
Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips I’ve had the pleasure this year of reviewing some of the world’s most powerful computers, including the ASUS EP121 tablet, but this week I took delivery of a Dell M6600 Advanced Workstation laptop. This machine is one of the most powerful portable computers on the planet with only Sony and Lenovo offering specifications to match it. The machine that has arrived for me has a 2.5GHz Core i7 Sandybridge processor, backed up with 8Gb of 1,333MHz DDR3 RAM. This is the most powerful mobile processor Dell currently offer though the RAM can be increased to 16Gb of 1,600MHz DDR3 or even a massive 32Gb of 1,333MHz DDR3 if you wish. The hard drives, because you can have up to three, in mine are both 7,200RPM models, one with 250Gb and one with 750Gb. Dell offer options up to 256Gb SSDs and the third hard disk is a tiny mini-disc option just millimetres thick and the size of a match box. The screen is a 17.3 inch four point multi-touch affair that matches the full Adobe colour gamut and runs at a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080. This runs on graphics that are switchable between the internal Intel chipset and a powerful nVidia Optimus 4000M processor. Internally there’s 802.11 b/g/n wireless (WiMAX is an optional extra), 3G, Bluetooth 3 and GPS. The machine is backed up, very sensibly for something of this power with a TPM chip and a fingerprint reader. There are a very generous selection of ports too including 2x USB2, Firewire, seperate headphone and microphone sockets, an ExpressCard slot, an eSATA/USB2 combo socket, full HDMI, VGA, Gigabit ethernet, display port and 2x USB3. Last but by no means least there’s an excellent webcam built into the screen bezel
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