Dell Precision M4600 Unboxing part 2

Sorry guys for delay, due to technical difficulties..

Unboxing:


Keyboard feels much better!


Compared to M4500, seems a bit heavier and bigger:


Base has been "cleaned up"


As you look the keyboard, you see a numeric keypad addition and new layout, very good indeed!


Benchmarks etc to come

Dell Precision M4600 Unboxing part 1

So, finally got my hands on the new Dell Precision M4600
For technical reasons, here's part 1 of the unboxing:

First the port expander box, seem's heavier than previous model (M4500).



Manuals etc. seems like same as M4500 again.



Port Expander, no changes.



Whoa, poweradapter is a bit heftier! :D


Compared to M4500's (wattage etc information via click)


Video:



So my old M4500 had these specs:

1 PRECISION M4500 : STANDARD BASE
1 PROCESSOR CLARKSFIELD, MEMORY RUNS AT 1333 MhZ 1.6 Ghz I7 Q720
1 DISPLAY : 15.6IN FULL HIGH DEFINITION (1
1 INSTANT ON : PRECISION ON READER
1 PALMREST : SMART CARD AND SWIPE FINGERPR
1 CAMERA : INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGA PIXEL CAMER
1 LCD BACK COVER : SILVER WITH WHITE LED
1 MEMORY : 8GB(2X4GB)1333MHZ DDR3 DUAL CHA
1 HARD DRIVE : 64GB SOLID STATE DRIVE
1 OPTICAL DRIVE : 8X DVD+/-RW DRIVE NO SOF
1 POWER SUPPLY AND POWER CORD : WORLDWIDE
1 BATTERY : PRIMARY 9-CELL 90W/HR LI-ION
1 LABELS : INTEL CORE LABEL I7
1 GRAPHICS : 1 GB NVIDIA QUADRO FX 880M (W
1 WIRELESS : EMEA DELL WIRELESS 1520 (802.
1 WIRELESS : DELL WIRELESS 3180 BLUETOOTH
1 MOBILE BROADBAND : FINLAND INTERNAL DELL
1 LOGITECH M305 LIGHT SILVER MOUSE

M4600 has these:

Precision M4600 : Standard Base 1 SR
Processor : One Intel Core I7-2720QM (2.20GHz, 6MB cache, Quad Core) 1 SR
Display : 15.6in High Definition (1366X768) WLED LCD Panel 1 SR
Palmrest : Smart Card and Swipe Fingerprint Reader 1 SR
Camera : Integrated 2.1 Mega Pixel Camera with Microphone 1 SR
Memory : 12GB (2x2GB + 2x4GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel 1 SR
Hard Drive : 128GB Mobility Solid State Drive 1 SR
Raid Controller : All SATA Hard Drives, NON-RAID for 1 Hard Drive 1 SR
Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive Tray Load no software 1 SR
Resource DVD : Mobile Precision M4600 Recovery DVD 1 SR
Power Supply + Power Cord : Worldwide 180W AC Adapter with European Power Cord 1 SR
Battery : Primary 9-cell 87W/HR (3 year Long Lifecycle battery) 1 SR
Port Replicator : Euro2 (ENG,DUT,DEN,FIN,NOR,SWE,CZE,HUN,POL,TUR,CR,SLVN,SLOV,ROM) Advanced E-Port with
210W AC Adaptor Without Stand
Labels : Intel Core Label i7 for vPro 1 SR
Graphics card : NVIDIA Quadro 2000M with 2GB GDDR3 1 SR
Bluetooth : Dell 3180 Bluetooth Card 1 SR
Wireless : EMEA Intel Pro Wireless 6300 (802.11 a/b/g/n 3X3) Mini Card 1 SR
Mobile Broadband : Internal Dell Wireless 5550 MiniCard SIM not included 1 SR
Mice : Dell Bluetooth Travel (5 buttons scroll) White Mouse 1 SR
Keyboard : Internal Swedish/Finnish QWERTY Backlit Keyboard

Rest of the unboxing to come..

Proxmox

Selected a virtualization software : proxmox
Made few vm's from templates, maybe more later.

I recommend you to try the software out http://www.proxmox.com

Home Server Project Intel Atom

So I decided to build a home server, only requirement was 64bit low power infrastructure.

I had few choices, but I decided to get Intel® Desktop Board D525MW

Memory 2x2GB Kingston Valueram DDR3 NON-ECC CL9 SO-DIMM's

HDD Old Samsung HM1121HI 120.0 GB 5400rpm/8M for starters, maybe replace SDD someday.

Casing Ace Proton 60W

As for server software, I'll come back when I've selected it.

Microsoft Exchange 2010 Activesync on Android 2.2

So I had this problem with Microsoft Activesync with Android 2.2.1 (Huawei U8800)

The default Email.apk doesn't support Microsoft Exchange 2010 sp1 at all.

So I needed to do this.

1. Download the older Email.apk to /sdcard

2. Do z4root (temporary or permanent)

3. Install ConnectBot

4. Open ConnectBot to get terminal.

5. on terminal:
- su
- cat /proc/mounts
* look for /system partition and device
- mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
* on Huawei U8800 it's mmcblk0p12, so replace what's on your device
- busybox cp /system/app/Email.apk /sdcard/Email_old.apk
- busybox cp /sdcard/Email.apk /system/app/Email.apk
- reboot

That's it!

6. Remember! To undo /system rw rights, back to terminal and
- mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
- reboot