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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.

Latest MSI lightweight notebook. U120 series is light enough, slim enough, thin enough and has the manageable keyboard and monitor as well as optional 3.5G network card to enable you to make short work of your business and go on your journey.

In addition to the optional 3.5G network card enabling you to easily surf the internet, MSI U120 is even "WiMAX Ready". Presented at CES, MSI built up a WiMAX wireless environment to allow people to experience the outstanding WiMAX wireless performance with U120 at the show. U120 is the outcome of MSI's constant efforts in technology research and development for its endless progress.

While all major NB manufacturers have thrown themselves into production of 10" netbooks, MSI, as the maker of the Wind Netbook U100 and the pioneer of netbooks, continues development and introduces the world its U120 to face the challenge from its competitors.

Sam Chern, MSI's marketing director, said that MSI's 10" Wind Netbook, after launching in 2008, have successfully become the hot items in stores all over the world, especially in developed countries such as Europe, the US and Japan. Recently, MSI introduced the latest U120 series on the market with more advanced specifications and vivid appearance that have become the best helpers on business trips.

While sharing some features in common with U100, including being light, slim and thin, having the properly sized keyboard display and fitting into in an A4 bag, the U120 looks different from the round-edged cute U100. The U120 is the epitome of professionalism. The mix of two different color tones through Pearl White and Cool Black highlights the U120 series' unique netbook design. Besides, the preloaded Face Recognition System makes U120 the netbook safer than ever.

The U120 adopts Intel's latest Atom platform to support a hard drive of up to 160GB. As to wireless connection, U120 supports 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and 3.5G wireless transmission (U120H only).