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post #21 of 37
10/25/04 at 6:58pm
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Originally Posted by mbhupatrai
Superfire,

I used the $750 off $1500 coupon.

Inspiron 700m
Intel 725 (1.6)
512mb ram
30gb hard drive
CDRW/DVD
Extended Battery.

Will that affect it? I called that 800 number and did order status where I was informed that it's currently in BUILD stage, whereas online, "In Production" is in blue, but none of the four items below, Kitting, Build, Testing, Boxing are highlighted (they're greyed out with no check mark". Even In Production doesn't have a checkmark.

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i heard they would delay on the shippment for 700m. read it from other post thou. i got the 600m. u get a nice config.
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post #22 of 37
10/25/04 at 7:04pm
Thanks. WOuld have preferred a different video card as opposed to this Intel Integrated thing but I'm not really planning to use it for gaming. I'm sure I'll try....hehe, but that's ok. I've got my gaming covered on my desktop.

Still, I want my effing laptop!!

M
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post #23 of 37
10/25/04 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by mbhupatrai
Thanks. WOuld have preferred a different video card as opposed to this Intel Integrated thing but I'm not really planning to use it for gaming. I'm sure I'll try....hehe, but that's ok. I've got my gaming covered on my desktop.

Still, I want my effing laptop!!

M
i realized i could select the 64m ram video card but i went to the dell pre-assigned template for 600m. nevermind.. i do not even have any PC games (nor i have any games at all). i thought the 64m could look good on playing DVD thou. Since i am not traveling as much as I used to be (a consultant and on the road every week), i might not need to play DVD on laptop too often.

good luck. hope you should get yours soon.
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post #24 of 37
10/25/04 at 8:49pm
I ordered mine on Oct. 20. So far I haven't been able to check my order status online. It gives me a red error message when I type in my order number. I sent them an email a few minutes ago, hopefully they'll reply.

I can't wait to get this sucker. I searched alot of laptops looking for a compact, well preforming notebook I could afford. Now I can get my school work done without having to use the public computers at my college. Which are horrid.

As far as playing games go, I have a decent desktop (Doom3 @ med grapics), so I'm not too worried about not being able to play games on my notebook. However if I feel the need, there's always the old classics (Civ3, Diablo2, GTA:VC). I remember reading somewhere that a guy got Halo running on his 700m. I can't back that up, or believe it %100, but that would be cool if he did.

Does anybody know how big the AC adapters are that come with the 700m?
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post #25 of 37
10/25/04 at 8:56pm
Hope you get yours soon too mate.

I called 1800339014 to do a phone based order status update. Says it's in build stage...different from the website.

Now if Dell is trying to meet numbers to close it's quarter then it would have to bill as much as possible by Oct31. They don't bill till they ship....If they ship by Oct 31 (and they ship out of TN, I'm a state away)!!

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post #26 of 37
10/25/04 at 9:00pm
I hope your right about the Dell wanting to close the quarter. Mine might take a little longer, I'm in Northern Canada. The date they gave my in their intial email as the "Arrival Date" was Nov.4. Roughly two weeks from my order. And 10 days away....and counting....oh what a wait!
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post #27 of 37
10/25/04 at 9:04pm
Hell, I ordered two, once's officially scheduled to arrive on Nov 10 and the other, on bloody November 17.

I'm getting the feeling the ones with the 1.8 processor are shipping before the 1.6. Just a feeling (demand and supply maybe?)

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post #28 of 37
10/25/04 at 9:35pm
Did you order the 1.8 and the 1.6? I'm intrested to see how great the difference in preformance is. I got the 1.6, the wallet wasn't quite big enough for the 1.8. However, from what I have been reading about these processers, I should be pretty happy.
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post #29 of 37
10/25/04 at 9:41pm
I got a 1.6 as well. I think I'll be pleased as well. The 1.8 was tempting, but like you, my wallet prevent me from making that choice.

I've also settled for a 30gb hard drive and a cdrw/dvd combo with 512 ram.

M
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post #30 of 37
10/25/04 at 9:47pm
I ordered a 700m on the 19th too, I don't think we'll be getting ours for another couple weeks at least. I can wait though as this was a total impulse buy.
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post #31 of 37
10/26/04 at 3:50am
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Originally Posted by bdomz
I ordered a 700m on the 19th too, I don't think we'll be getting ours for another couple weeks at least. I can wait though as this was a total impulse buy.
Just FYI, I also ordered a 700m (1.8) on the 19th. It will be delivered by UPS tomorrow.
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post #32 of 37
10/26/04 at 4:53am
me 2
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post #33 of 37
10/26/04 at 8:33am
Litster,

I read that earlier. I wonder if that has something to do with your choice of processor. Mine's a 1.8.

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post #34 of 37
10/26/04 at 9:43am
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Originally Posted by Litster
Just FYI, I also ordered a 700m (1.8) on the 19th. It will be delivered by UPS tomorrow.


wow that's awesome, I got the 1.6 (as did alot of other people too I'm sure) so my ship date isn't even set til November 10th
Dell sometimes gets things to me earlier though than the projected date.
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post #35 of 37
10/26/04 at 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by mbhupatrai
Litster,
I read that earlier. I wonder if that has something to do with your choice of processor. Mine's a 1.8.
M
Quote:
Originally Posted by bdomz
wow that's awesome, I got the 1.6 (as did alot of other people too I'm sure) so my ship date isn't even set til November 10th
Dell sometimes gets things to me earlier though than the projected date.
Another co-worker of mine ordered a 1.6 700m and his was shipped on Sunday, too. If you are in "Boxing", you should get it soon.

The delay may also have to do with the other parts in your configuration. Here is what I have:

1.8 CPU - Upgrade
512M RAM - Default
DVD drive (not CD-RW or DVD-RW) - Default
60G HDD (less popular) - Upgrade

They could be low in stock on the 30G or 40G HDD, or the CD-RW or DVD-RW drives.
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post #36 of 37
10/27/04 at 10:49pm
Well, I found out why I couldn't check my order status online. I typed my credit card info in wrong, so they cancelled my order. The frustrating part is they did not inform me of this. The guy on the phone said I should have received an email, but I didn't get one.

So, I've reordered, being very very careful with my typing this time. It sucks that I lost an entire week, but there is a bright side. I decided to go with the 8-Cell battery instead.

My new projected date is Nov. 11. Crossing my fingers there are no other snags.
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post #37 of 37
10/28/04 at 12:03am
I ordered mine the 19th, I get it tommorow the 27 Tracking shows. Im pumped. I took advantage of the $750 off Dell had. Sweet Deal.
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