Dell Precision M6400 Workstation: 17-Inch Media Cruncher

Dell have launched their latest Precision workstation, the M6400, with a 17-inch LED backlit 1920 x 1200 display (with 100-percent RGB color gamut), Core 2 Duo Quad Core Extreme CPU and up to 16GB of RAM.  The media monster can be specified with up to 1TB of internal storage, courtesy of dual 500GB 5,400rpm drives in RAID0 or RAID1 configuration, or 128GB of solid-state storage.  Graphics are courtesy of NVIDA, either a Quadro FX 3700M 1GB or Quadro FX 2700M 512MB.

Also under the hood is WiFi (up to draft-n), Bluetooth 2.1, UWB, optional WWAN and GPS.  Ports include four USB 2.0, Firewire, DisplayPort, an 8-in-1 card reader, ExpressCard 54 and PCMCIA slots, eSATA and a smart-card reader.  There's also a fingerprint scanner and optional 2-megapixel webcam.  A dual-microphone array is another option, but stereo speakers are standard.

Dell have given the M6400 a 9-cell battery, and the whole thing measures 15.4 x 11.0 x 1.35-inches and weighs 8.5-pounds.  The trackpad doubles as a jog dial for video and audio editing, and the keyboard is backlit. 

The M6400 starts at $2,299 and will begin shipping on October 22nd.