Dell intros Core i7 Extreme Precision M6500 mobile workstation

Thats an intense laptop. I did notice the HDD is a bit lacking though. Maybe for cost savings?? A 250GB SSD or a platter drive with at least 7200rpm (if not 10k) would be a great compliment to the other high stats.

This sounds like a total rip of as far as price is concerned. For example the
HP Pavilion dv8t Quad Edition series comes with the same processor, but base model includes blue ray, 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 230M , 4 GB RAM, 320GB hd, n wireless, etc. . . for ~$1100.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s.../psg/notebooks/High_performance/dv8tqe_series

I guess the video card is more of a workhorse on the dell, but still for personal use i would never drop that kind of money when i can get something "better" in my mind for 1/2 the price. Maybe this makes sense if you are a video editing professional.

For nearly 3000 dollars I better get more than a freaking brand name. For 3000 bucks, I could get a core i7, a sweet video card, a huge solid state hard drive, and 4 gigs of the same, if not better, ram in a similar laptop. What the hell, Dell?

A powerful laptop for sure but definitely not worth the price. I'd rather have a kickass desktop instead, or as compdata mentioned, a HP quad-core laptop which costs much less.

Nine grand for their top of the line model? Does that laptop come in gold?

I think people are missing the fact that this is a workstation laptop and isn't geared for gaming/home use. I did a quick check on the 1GB ATI FirePro M7740 graphics chip and I found one used on ebay for ~$450 so new it would cost even more. Workstation graphics cards aren't cheap.

Totally different product, totally different target market, it's comparing apples and oranges. Look again at the video processors listed on this machine - this is intended to be a graphics workhorse, with hardware aimed at shear number crunching, not a general purpose gaming-ready GeForce card. And it comes with 3 years of support.

This is not a typical notebook for a general user, this is a targeted workstation, and the pricing is on par (or less) than a full-fledged desktop workstation. I know the knee-jerk reaction is usually brought on by sticker shock, but this is aimed at industries that throw big money at solid, reliable, well-backed equipment. Keep in mind that the license seats for the software this notebook would be purchased to run will probably add up to more than the cost of the computer. You probably never see a pimped out brightly painted version of this computer under Joe CollegeStudent's arm (unless he's an engineering student with a huge trust fund and an unhealthy love of finite element analysis).

Great looking laptop with a ton of performance. I wish I had the money to afford one.

I agree, these workstations are geared towards WORK. Companies that need there employees or even employees that work at home could benefit from this laptop.

I'd expect more than 2GB or RAM for almost $3k

Damn this laptop looks great. No matter its a DELL one. Too bad i live in a "second-level" country so we don't even have QUAD laptops!! I'll be going to Germany to get this baby

My question is that with all the troubles they are having with their warranty service agreements at the moment, how do they plan on bringing in customers to buy this?

The pricing on some of the options is crazy. Switching from dvd to blu-ray costs $502! Most people who buy this aren't going to pay the prices on the website. They're going to get a discounted price through their sales rep.

A mobile monster..but pricing is not fair esp when upgrading..

It is a very nice laptop, but despite the targeted market I think it is still pricey, and the options to get improvements in the hardware are ridiculously expensive, I agree with compdata, the HP offers more value, I know that the graphic processor is not that wonderful but it is not a bad laptop, and in HP online store you can get it for $899

Gee, $9000 perhaps to surf Techspot. You can get a car in India for $2000 now.

Wow that is a bit expensive! It looks like a great laptop but Some of those components do not seem worth that kind of money! The wireless card is only b/g, what about N standard?

Over Kill much ?