Dell’s Precision M6500 laptops are a bout to get an upgrade to Intel’s new chipset, USB 3.0 and a handful of other goodies making it the first of Dell’s lappies to get the new USB port.

The model is already available with the new Quad-Core i7 CPU(the “Value Package” as it’s known) but has a rather high price tag($2750) so by giving the option of the dual-core i5 it gives customers with a little less cash in the pocket more options to get a very good laptop at a lower price.

Other options supposedly listed for the M6500 include a 3.2MP webcam and the option of a 64GB SSD mini card. Put these in with the current options of 17” RGB LED Display,1GB ATi FirePro M7740 graphics, standard 160GB HDD and up to 2GB DDR3 RAM, you’re getting some serious bang for your buck or pound!

The M6500 currently retails at the “Value” price of $2750 an “Advanced Package” starting at $2869 and the “Covet” starting at a whopping $4219 you can see why Dell need to drop the price and we’re still waiting to see by how much the i5 CPU’s will drop it to.