Ubuntu on Dell Precision M6700

The Dell Precision M6700 laptop has been awarded the status of Certified for Ubuntu.

Please note that for pre-installed systems:

  1. The system is available in some regions with a special image of Ubuntu pre-installed by the manufacturer. It takes advantage of the hardware features for this system and may include additional software. You should check when buying the system whether this is an option.
  2. Standard images of Ubuntu may not work at all on the system or may not work well, though Canonical and computer manufacturers will try to certify the system with future standard releases of Ubuntu.

Releases

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit

Certification notes

Updates required
This system requires all available updates to be applied in order to work properly.

Hardware overview

This system was tested with these key components:

Processor
Intel Corporation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz
BIOS
Dell Inc. X38
Video
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Heathrow XT [Radeon HD 7870M]
Network
Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
Network
Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Storage
None Hitachi HTS723232A7A364
Storage
Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode]