DELL PRECISION M6300 REVIEW

The Dell Precision M6300 is a notebook which is designed for heavy multimedia applications and 3D work. The graphics performance is its strength, and so is its design. Lets explore.

Design
The laptop has a black, gray and silver finish to it which might appeal to only few. The usage of magnesium alloy makes the notebook very sturdy and great overall. The weight might be a drawback, with 3.8 kgs being on the higher side. The screen is a 17” WXGA+ with maximum resolution of 1440x900, and it was a disappointment on the whole. It had poor viewing angles and light bleed to, which should not have been there since this laptop is intended towards the multimedia professionals crowd. They keyset is good enough, and well placed, and the touchpad is also good and has the option of programming the center key. The connectivity options have been well selected and placed, with 2 USB 2.0 ports and DVD drive lining the left, AC Adapter, DVI/VGA port, 4 USB, Ethernet and S-Video at the back. Right has Express card, smart card and Firewire.

Performance
The M6300 came with a 2.2 GHz Core-2-Duo processor, 2GB RAM and 120GB Hard drive and gave good results in all the benchmarks. Multi-tasking was a breeze, with not even slight lag while Photoshop, browsers, Winamp etc were open. The performance in gaming and applications which require heavy 3D work was marvelous, and the laptop scored a superb 5,438 in 3DMark 06. The wireless results were decent too, and good speeds were easily achieved. The laptop died after 3 hours of DVD playback and nearly 2.5 hours while working with heavy 3d applications and gaming. The battery life can be termed as above average for such tasks.

Conclusion
A great notebook in all, but it could have done more with a better screen. The graphics performance is flawless, and so is the multi-tasking capability. If they can improve the screen, this notebook is going to run a long way in this market.

Pros
+ Good bang for buck
+ Superb GPU

Cons
- Poor and flawed screen
- Bulky


Value For Money

Our Rating