[Review] Dell Inspiron 700m

[Steevo]

I need a laptop, but don't want to spend the moola to bet one.

I think I need to see jy invest ment officer, stop taking so much out of each check. Holy ****, I keep laughing so hard and I have no idea why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[funky dredd]

I need a laptop, but don't want to spend the moola to bet one.

I think I need to see jy invest ment officer, stop taking so much out of each check. Holy ****, I keep laughing so hard and I have no idea why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Put the weed down!

 

[NetRyder]

Sweet! I have a Latitude D800...love it! Was thinking of getting another one in the not so distant future, maybe this one might be worth checking out!

Yeah, we looked at several different machines, including some Thinkpads, and had narrowed it down to either this or the Latitude D600.
This was quite a bit more than the D600, but worth it, IMO.

Put the weed down!

Seriously...

 

[funky dredd]

No

 

[NetRyder]

Damn it...had a few things to take care of this week. Anyway, I'll definitely try to write out the review by the time I'm back from SF.
(Thanks for the reps, Saz

)

 

[funky dredd]

Great, looking forward to it!

 

[ShepsCrook]

I saw those Dells. Kinda cool looking if you ask me.

 

[champ2005]

Yeah, we looked at several different machines, including some Thinkpads, and had narrowed it down to either this or the Latitude D600.
This was quite a bit more than the D600, but worth it

Thats interesting, here in Australia your average spec 700m goes for < $2400, whereas an equivalent D600 is more than $3000.
Im thinking of getting an 700m to replace this pos desktop. does your's have infrared?

 

[Sazar]

my wife's trying to get one of these or a 600m instead... spec'd out..

she works for dell so she gets discounts plus if you get the 4 year service coverage she gets extra discounts

I was thinking of getting one myself but I can wait...

 

[NetRyder]

does your's have infrared?

No, but we do have a couple of USB IrDA adapters - one for each machine.
Got them for almost nothing about half a year ago.

 

[Electronic Punk]

NetRyder, remind me to post this as a proper review on the site tomorrow, will do it after I have ammended Sazars.

 

[NetRyder]

NetRyder, remind me to post this as a proper review on the site tomorrow, will do it after I have ammended Sazars.

Will do.

I'll just have to add a final conclusion/summary of the pros/cons, and it should be set.

 

[Sazar]

my wife's continuing to look into either the 700m or the 600m...

coz she works @ dell she gets another 15% off the base price...

incidentally how much did the setup run your dad?

 

[NetRyder]

The 700m, 600m and 8600 are probably my favorite machines in the Inspiron line-up.

With the specs listed in the first post and a 3-year extended warranty, the total was about $1,850 after a 15% discount coupon + free shipping.

 

[Sazar]

thats not bad

I'll be waiting for the final revised review thinger posted on the front-page

good job...

 

[NetRyder]

EP: Added a couple of updates to the original post, including a summary.
Should be final and good to go now.

 

[Grandmaster]

Man these things look beautiful. Right up there with Apple laptops in terms of asthetics.

The dual layer DVD burner sounds sweet, and it's so small This will be on my list of laptops to consider when I get one for Uni next summer.

 

[NetRyder]

This will be on my list of laptops to consider when I get one for Uni next summer.

Oh, that's a long way ahead. You'll probably see a lot of new systems by then.
But then again, you'd get a really good deal on this one.

 

[Grandmaster]

Oh, that's a long way ahead. You'll probably see a lot of new systems by then.
But then again, you'd get a really good deal on this one.

Well what I meant was if they contine updating this baby with new specs I'd get it. But yeah there will likely be newer and possibly better stuff by then.

 

[NetRyder]

Review posted.
We can now use this thread for questions/discussion.