The Precision packs quite a bit of horsepower, but the corresponding power brick is big. While Dell’s designers created an adapter that’s still computer bag-friendly (its large width enables a thinner brick), the power block itself possesses a larger footprint than most.
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Dell Precisions are manufactured from a magnesium alloy. Think aluminum with personality.
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The Precision’s left side sports audio jacks, an integrated media card slot, two USB ports and more.
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The Dell Precision M6400 is a laptop reminiscent of Apple’s G4 PowerBook. The machine’s industrial design boasts clean, sleek lines.
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On the Precision’s right side users will find two additional USB ports, a VGA out, the unit’s integrated RJ-45 Ethernet port and more.
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The Precision M6400 includes two pointers (a standard track pad and a stylus pointer, with additional pointer buttons located directly beneath the space bar).
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The 17″ Precision M6400 includes a full numeric keypad.
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Here’s a look at the Dell Precision M6400 name badge, located at the bottom left of the unit’s 17″ display.
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Erik Eckel is a managing partner at Louisville Geek and president of Eckel Media Corp. He previously served as Executive Editor at TechRepublic. He received Microsoft Engineer accreditation from Sullivan University and earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Louisville. He's earned Network+, Windows NT 4.0 MCP+I and MCSE, and Windows 2000 Professional MCP accreditations.
