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post #1 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:02am
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The 700M's are out

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs
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post #2 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:08am
fugly ibook?

I'm sorry I need to work on my pessimistic leanings, don't mind me.
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post #3 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:19am
Bah! Don't worry, I'm with you here Axiom, that thing has definately parachuted into an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down...

stu
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post #4 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:25am
A co-worker of mine was going to buy the 600m when I showed him the 700m. He kind of likes it. Smaller, lighter, uses DDR2 RAM.
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post #5 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:27am
ewww... and how is that supposed to be a 300m replacement... its 1.5"... boo that notebook
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post #6 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:28am
not seeing the DDR2 on the tech specs

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...&~tab=specstab
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post #7 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:30am
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Originally Posted by twopiece
A co-worker of mine was going to buy the 600m when I showed him the 700m. He kind of likes it. Smaller, lighter, uses DDR2 RAM.
Ummmm, correct me if I am wrong, but it uses the Intel 855GME chipset, which is not compatible with DDR2. Would use normal DDR RAM at 266MHz or 333MHz.

stu
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post #8 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:30am
Beat me to it...

stu
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post #9 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:31am
yeh you got all technical, i kept it short and sweet
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post #10 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:32am
Yeah, I always seem to give a little more detail than needed, or not enough, can't seem to find the middle ground

stu
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post #11 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:35am
Definitely not DDR2.

It's not bad. A little heavy, but otherwise pretty compact and feature-packed. Actually, I think it has the best color scheme of the other notebooks I've seen that are based on this ODM design.

AOpen 1551-AW1
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post #12 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:36am
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Originally Posted by DELL-sakor1
Yeah, I always seem to give a little more detail than needed, or not enough, can't seem to find the middle ground
no it works out good this way. you provide a method to my madness when i am too lazy to do so.

While I'm not posting "on topic" per say, I'd like to throw an apology out to AnyMan who I so often doubted. Nothing personal man, just promoting critical thinking and hoping people remember that they can't always believe everything they read, especially on the internet.
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post #13 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:41am
Too bad they don't offer the optical bay TV-tuner/MPEG encoder option like the Hitachi. That would've been a nice option.
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post #14 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:44am
Well, I like the open-face and LCD cover colors, but I don't know why they went with black for the lower half. They should've kept it all silver/white.

Hitachi for comparison
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post #15 of 36
7/27/04 at 10:46am
Anyone have a guess as to whether this model will be on display in Dell stores today?
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post #16 of 36
7/27/04 at 11:00am
Not bad at all...I think the version of this Uniwill model that Cyberpower is selling, the Xplorer-WL, is better looking than the 700m. The WL also offers more CPU options.
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post #17 of 36
7/27/04 at 11:03am
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Originally Posted by bloke
Anyone have a guess as to whether this model will be on display in Dell stores today?
Thats an easy one...nope 'cause Dell doesn't have stores.

I don't count lame mall kiosks...
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post #18 of 36
7/27/04 at 11:08am
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Originally Posted by somms
Thats an easy one...none 'cause Dell doesn't have any stores.

***Guess you've never been in their Twin Falls, ID store. They've got one in Clackamas, OR as well. Twin Falls is about the size of a Best Buy/Circuit City...

I looked on the website, still doesn't say how long the battery life is, or how big the 8 cell batt sticks out... Grumph.

Yeah, it's uglier than it needs to be, but that's why God created paint and stickers. The Aopen was a little cleaner looking, but it's no surprise Dell needed their name badged all big on the lid...

They don't have customizable ones on the site yet, so I'm waiting to see what the Dothan chip, a 512 or gig of RAM in the "non-user-config" slot, and the battery costs. If I get one, I'll be sure to post pics of the "before" (ugly) and after "painted coyote tan and olive drab" (even uglier) look like.


I might buy one.

Kel
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post #19 of 36
7/27/04 at 11:11am
Heh... I didn't know that. I guess thats why some have to pay state sales tax.
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post #20 of 36
7/27/04 at 11:17am
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Originally Posted by somms
Heh... I didn't know that. I guess thats why some have to pay state sales tax.

***'Course, you know in Oregon, they don't HAVE state sales tax, right?

Two reasons to drive over to Clackamas to buy a Dell: Real people to talk to to sell it, no sales tax.

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