Does anyone hate the lid of the m70?

I'm slightly confused, are you looking at the M70 or do you own an M70? Personally I don't mind the "precision" prints; they look a lot worse in photos than they actually are. Unfortunately, if you really can't stand them, there is no simply way to get rid of them. I suppose you could repaint just the lid (or buy a spare to mess around with like I did). That seems like a bit of an extreme though. Like I said, they really don't look as bad as the pictures indicate.

If you are going to use the look of the back of the screen as a reason to not buy an M70 then you probably don't need the best, most powerful, 15.4" Dell notebook ever. It is in fact smaller than the previous generation notebooks in that screen range, packs one hell of a punch, looks gorgous, has a rock-solid keyboard with spill-protection, HD-protection, and is built like a tank. The writing on the back of the screen is actually very small print, more like a wallpaper effect. To read what the print says one needs to be up close. From a distance it is but a stylish pattern. I would have thought the huge Dell logo in the middle of the back of the screen is much more outlandish - but that is not confined to an M70. There are style features of the i6000/i9300 family that are thankfully absent in the Latitude/Precision range which in general are visually lower key in aesthetic flourishes than the Inspirons, IMHO. Anyway, back to the point: there should be 50 or more issues more relevent to the qualities of an M70 that should sway your choice one way or the other before that one. If the look still bugs you, then there are lots of pretty notebooks around. If you like the M70 but not the that one feature, then get a D810: the back of the screen has a nice plain look and the pc itself an ATI X600 gpu rather than a 256MB Nvidia QuadroFX Go 1400. Much cheaper too.

^Agreed. Keep in mind that the M70 is MUCH lighter than most workstation notebooks. It is certainly not an ultralight, but it doesn't pretend to be one either. It's still lighter than a 9300, and when you factor in the incredible power this thing is packing (not to mention the top notch build quality), that's really rather impressive. What are you planning on using the notebook for, by the way?

Perhaps you should consider the 9300 then which has a more powerful graphics card and larger screen. The M70 is a fine notebook but its a professional workstation and sounds like you arent doing cad/maya, things like that so why get it when the 9300 is half the price?
When I got my 9300 I wasnt wild about the white edges but they grew on me and Im sure if you got the m70 you wouldnt mind the precision print on the cover that much besides, how often will you be looking at it anyhow when you are using the laptop??

Or...there is the XPS Gen2 with a 6800Ultra card, the best out there for gaming which is a little cheaper than the M70 and has a totally unique look to it. For extreme gaming I would recommend the XPS Gen2 over the M70.

Cutters, you have been saying for a while that the M70 is twice as expensive as the i9300. Yet just a moment ago I configured on the US Dell web site (Small business) an equivalent M70 and i9300, both with 2G cpu, WUXGA, 80GB HD, 1GB ram, DVD burner, XP Professional, and they came out about the same: M70 @ $2416 and the i9300 @ $2583. This is pretty much the situation in Australia also. What have I missed?

i dont mind it, but i don't own one either.

I would agree that Cutters is exaggerating a little here, but you do have to consider that there are far more coupons for the home site than for the business site. When you factor in a $750 off or 25% off coupon, there is definitely a difference in price. It's definitely not twice the price though.

It would seem for picking up chick

Having a look on the net, I found a pic of the lid:


Courtesy of NBReview

Wow, its really paterned on there!! I like it though. Give it that extra "premium" touch to go with the price tag.

It does not bother me, actuallly i think it's pretty cool

3dcomp

Yes but here in the states you then take your handy dandy 750 off coupon or the new 45 percent off inspiron coupon and VOILA, two 9300's for the price of one M70. Roughly ofcourse.
Thats why (at least here in the states) it makes no sense to purchase an M70 for multimedia purposes.
Can you use the dell coupons down under?

Unless you want a 15.4". Not everyone wants a 17" monster!

We rarely get them, and they are crap if we do. $50 off $1399, $200 of $1999, that sort of thing. No US$750 off US$1499 here

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a monster you say? half an inch deeper and an inch wider than either the m70 or the d810 OR the 6000, I hardly call that monster , check out the comparison pics in the pics threads of a 700m, 6000 and 9300 ( the 6000 is the same size as the d810 and m70) side by side and stacked on top of one another, brillian photo work by that poster! hardly a monster, I cant imagine going back to anything smaller.

Yeah, you could buy a 9300 AND a 700M for the price of an M70
Dont get me wrong, the M70 is nice and all, I did consider that model before making my purchase.