Product Spotlight: Dell Precision M6400 Mobile Workstation

By Erik Eckel May 13, 2009, 12:13 PM PDT

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Product Spotlight: Dell Precision M6400 Mobile Workstation

Dell Precision M6400 Power Brick

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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Alloy Shell

Dell Precisions are manufactured from a magnesium alloy. Think aluminum with personality.
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Precision M6400 Left Side View

The Precision’s left side sports audio jacks, an integrated media card slot, two USB ports and more.
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Precision M6400 Front View

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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Precision M6400 Right Side View

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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Pointer Options

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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Full Keypad Standard

The 17″ Precision M6400 includes a full numeric keypad.
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Dell Precision M6400 Badge

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 CNET Networks' TechRepublic. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Louisville and received

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