I just recieved my M4400 laptop yesterday and am very impressed with everything except the audio. The perfomance has been terrible.

When playing back audio there are frequent "stutters" where the playback skips for a fraction of a second. I've updated to the latest (March 10) A06 audio driver and the latest A12 BIOS. The stutter is less frequent and less obtrusive but still there and annoying.

In addition to the stutter, the audio output on the speakers/headphone jack is awful. I have connected my laptop to my sound system and it sounds like iPod headphones on max volume. When I change the audio output to Independent (R.T.C.) Headphones, the quality is much better but then the $130 docking station audio output does not work. This defeats the purpose of docking.

I realize other threads have gone out about this but I want more attention to this problem which is inexcusable on a $1800 laptop and $130 docking station.