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Dell has launched the Precision M6500 17-inch mobile workstation with the Intel Core i7 processor.

Along with the Core i7-920XM Extreme, i7-820QM, or i7-720QM quad core CPU, the successor of the M6400 features the ATI FirePro M7740 1GB, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 1GB, or Quadro FX 3800M 1GB dedicated graphics card, four memory slots offering up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM, dual hard drives, support for RAID 0 and 1, and a DVD burner or Blu-Ray optical drive. Dell has announced that the M6500 will soon get an SSD mini-card option and support for RAID 5.

The display uses LED backlight and has a resolution of 1440×900 or 1920×1200 pixels, depending on customer’s choice.


Dell’s M6500 has built-in support for WiFi, Blueooth, LAN, Ultra-Wideband, mobile broadband connectivity, and GPS. It includes stereo speakers, a 2MP web camera, optional dual array microphones, Display Port and VGA outputs, four USB ports, ExpressCard and PC Card slots, eSATA and Firewire ports, optional fingerprint reader, and a Smart Card reader or an optional contactless Smart Card reader.

The mobile workstation starts at 8.5lbs and comes with Windows 7 or Windows Vista pre-installed.

The base price for the standard Precision M6500 is $2,749, whereas the M6500 Covet edition with an orange aluminum chassis and an edge-to-edge screen starts at $4,219. The preliminary ship date is 12/22/2009.