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[ErikLane]

This is a "beast" on my pocketbook.

[Didiernfmo]

It's an awesome system, with one Major issue.... As a power photoshop user, I wish the screen would have been flippable to make it into a tablet, making it work like a Wacom Cintiq. They had the ability to save desk space, and help us get rid of the use of any Wacom pad, but failed to take advantage of that part of the touch. It is not as obvious editing pictures the way the screen sits now.

[evilhead]

RGB IPS & touch screens are two different options.

[Kadidelhopper]

Why would someone want a "desktop" replacement that is three times the cost for less specs? That is not replacing any desktop that i have. If i want a good laptop i can get one for a third the price of that, and have a top of the line desktop for well less then the price of that pos. Use your head people. You can get a great labtop and better desk top both for less the that cost.

[Leiurus]

Kadidelhopper, on 21 January 2012 - 09:52 AM, said:

Why would someone want a "desktop" replacement that is three times the cost for less specs? That is not replacing any desktop that i have. If i want a good laptop i can get one for a third the price of that, and have a top of the line desktop for well less then the price of that pos. Use your head people. You can get a great labtop and better desk top both for less the that cost.

Haaaa...In each single review of mobile WS I can find the same kind of comment. Honestly, each of them. With, sometimes, the insulting add on: "use your head people". So, because tonight I'm a bit fed up with these idiotic comments, I'll tell you why. I'm used to build my workstations. Much more powerful. Much cheaper. Yes, you can have a much more powerful desktop for a fraction of the price. Yes, you can have a "good" laptop for a fraction of the price. BUT, some people need A MOBILE WORKSTATION.
If at time of your career you reach a level where you will have to work in 3 different countries each week (and I wish you reach it), swapping from an office to another, each of them with different hardware quality, because one is in Sweden and established for decades, the other in China and growing, the third in Africa and starting up, and if at the same time you have to deliver with a consistent level of speed and quality, then you need a mobile workstation.
If you think that you can carry a desktop from place to place easily, you're wrong. I did it. Is it feasible? Yes. Is it convenient? No. Not at all. Believe me, carrying a heavy, large "brick" with a screen and a battery is nothing compared to walking/driving around with a full tower desktop.
If you think that you can be productive with a "good" laptop, then it means that we have a different definition of the term "productive" or that your work is not that demanding in term of hardware raw power.
This is why these laptops are called "mobile workstations". They just try to reach desktop specs without having to carry a 1m3 crate. If you can't see how useful they can be, it means you don't need them. If you don't need them, you don't know how valuable they are, so please don't feel like you really have to leave a comment.

[sit2700]

Leiurus, on 26 January 2012 - 08:21 AM, said:

Kadidelhopper, on 21 January 2012 - 09:52 AM, said:

Why would someone want a "desktop" replacement that is three times the cost for less specs? That is not replacing any desktop that i have. If i want a good laptop i can get one for a third the price of that, and have a top of the line desktop for well less then the price of that pos. Use your head people. You can get a great labtop and better desk top both for less the that cost.

Haaaa...In each single review of mobile WS I can find the same kind of comment. Honestly, each of them. With, sometimes, the insulting add on: "use your head people". So, because tonight I'm a bit fed up with these idiotic comments, I'll tell you why. I'm used to build my workstations. Much more powerful. Much cheaper. Yes, you can have a much more powerful desktop for a fraction of the price. Yes, you can have a "good" laptop for a fraction of the price. BUT, some people need A MOBILE WORKSTATION.
If at time of your career you reach a level where you will have to work in 3 different countries each week (and I wish you reach it), swapping from an office to another, each of them with different hardware quality, because one is in Sweden and established for decades, the other in China and growing, the third in Africa and starting up, and if at the same time you have to deliver with a consistent level of speed and quality, then you need a mobile workstation.
If you think that you can carry a desktop from place to place easily, you're wrong. I did it. Is it feasible? Yes. Is it convenient? No. Not at all. Believe me, carrying a heavy, large "brick" with a screen and a battery is nothing compared to walking/driving around with a full tower desktop.
If you think that you can be productive with a "good" laptop, then it means that we have a different definition of the term "productive" or that your work is not that demanding in term of hardware raw power.
This is why these laptops are called "mobile workstations". They just try to reach desktop specs without having to carry a 1m3 crate. If you can't see how useful they can be, it means you don't need them. If you don't need them, you don't know how valuable they are, so please don't feel like you really have to leave a comment.

Well said Leiurus, mobile workstation is not for everyone; it has its niche in the market that nothing else will suffice!
Business-wise, not all companies would provide contractors the kind of hardware up to your liking (not in different countries such as your case, even across town here!)
Not to mention, custom setting is essential to one's work flow and speed; as graphic artist, I wouldn't want to lug around my PC to places for work and presentations.
Besides its capabilities and convenience, one needs serious tool to get better result thus helps build one's professional reputation. I am a happy owner of a M6400 for sometimes now and I'm thinking of upgrading to the M6600

This post has been edited by sit2700: 16 February 2012 - 11:18 AM

[jtimouri]

Kadidelhopper, on 21 January 2012 - 09:52 AM, said:

Why would someone want a "desktop" replacement that is three times the cost for less specs? That is not replacing any desktop that i have. If i want a good laptop i can get one for a third the price of that, and have a top of the line desktop for well less then the price of that pos. Use your head people. You can get a great labtop and better desk top both for less the that cost.

On a professional work station the software costs mount up, and they usually are specific to a CPU. One desktop and one laptop means two licenses. Check out the prices for Adobe Creative Suites, for example. For proprietary software does one really want the hassle of discovering, in the field, that a program that worked just fine on the office workstation doesn't quite behave the same way on a laptop?

One of the reasons for the high cost is that the demand for such equipment is less. If production volumes went up prices would come down, but that is not going to happen.

[DanielAhrqvist]

Excellent pointing devices? I think not. If you, as Im, are used to the touchpad from a macbook, using this touchpad is like travelling 4-5 years back in time arriving at the last year of the laptop darkages. It's pathetic and completely disqualifies the 6600 from the high end market. The tuchpad is the most important feature for a user who actually put the laptop in the lap. Its astonishing that a huge company like Dell is so far off on a keyfeture like this. Its equally astonishing that PCWorld thinks a outdated product like this is "excellent". Is Dell a sponsor?

[JordanMoore]

Everyone has their own opinion, and I can see it from both perspectives. If you do not have to move around a lot and your not having to sync files all the time then it would probably be ok to go with desktop and laptop. But as for me, I dont have the time to sync, or move things around or set up new desktops, or anything else! I need something where I can have a desktop when I need it, and then when I need to jump and go out of town for business, I can just snatch and grab. Which you can do with a workstation. I personally love them, I love the fact that at a moments notice if I am called to go on the road for business I can have all the programs, settings and etc of my desktop PC right there with me. And any files, or etc that you have on your desktop PC of course is right there, because it is the same PC! So again, it just depends on your needs... this is why there are different kinds of computers out there! Everyones needs are not the same... so it is not that we are not using our heads, but quite the opposite... we have used our heads and we have determined that the workstation is a better fit for us!

[niff]

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Excellent pointing devices? I think not. If you, as Im, are used to the touchpad from a macbook, using this touchpad is like travelling 4-5 years back in time arriving at the last year of the laptop darkages. It's pathetic and completely disqualifies the 6600 from the high end market. The tuchpad is the most important feature for a user who actually put the laptop in the lap. Its astonishing that a huge company like Dell is so far off on a keyfeture like this. Its equally astonishing that PCWorld thinks a outdated product like this is "excellent". Is Dell a sponsor?

Have you ever heard of a mouse?

Do you even begin to consider that ANY mouse is better than ANY trackpad?

[KonstantlyPavel]

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Why would someone want a "desktop" replacement that is three times the cost for less specs? That is not replacing any desktop that i have. If i want a good laptop i can get one for a third the price of that, and have a top of the line desktop for well less then the price of that pos. Use your head people. You can get a great labtop and better desk top both for less the that cost.

Maybe because you want your powperful system and all your work to be portable? Do you visit clients?

[David5647]

Just a question to those with mobile workstations, do you find yourselves working only on the MW's or do you have a Desktop somewhere in your main office that you use for work?

[remarque]

Do you want an answer, or simply people to agree with you?

There are logical reasons otherwise there would not be so many buying
them.

I throw back your own question, why would anyone want two computers
when one will serve just fine?

Answer: Full power when you need it, wherever.