Ordered a Dell 700m, did I make a good choice?

Good stuff man, i did pretty much the same thing! and i'm not regretting it. My 700m just came yesterday and this thing is incredible! the quality the look everything! The thing about sonoma is that i doubt its gonna be too noticalbe difference in a ultraportable. Also, i dont think dell is gonna upgrade the 700m soon, at least i didn't hear anything about it. Also we got a great deal, period!

Just got my 700m 3 days ago, and i'm loving it. I think you made a good decision whether Sonoma laptops come out and are better or not (i doubt we'll see *that* much difference really), the 700m is still really nice
(runs Gentoo Linux well too!)

Woohoo! I guess I'm not the only female on this forum. Make that female linux-user. Oh, make that female linux-user with a 700m (mine should be arriving on ~Tuesday and installing Suse 9.2 pro is on the list of early tasks...)

MJS

welcome to the family!

meljs123 let me know how your linux install goes.. My 700m should be here today or early next week (fingers crossed).. I'd like to get away from microcrap.. Last time i used linux though was with slackware was really cool..

good price. I got a 1.6ghz, but a DVD+RW, and a spare battery for about $1300....but that was when they first came out. The more, and more I see these newer deals, I feel like I got a pretty darn good deal myself.

i've been using 700m for almost a week. its awesome

been using my 700m a few days and Im loving every sec of it!

i am thinking of buying a 700m too.. if u guys have to choose between the 700m vs the HP dv 1040.. which one will u guys go for.. i am debating between these 2 cause.. hp has niec speaker but dell has nice screen so.. i am student so.. not sure what is good for long term.. please help...

I was in the same boat you were. I finally decided on the 700m, and I'm going to list some of my reasoning below.

- Size. I realize that the difference between the two is relatively small - the HP is only marginally larger - but I already have a full-featured desktop machine. I wanted something I would be willing and able to carry around easily, something small enough that I could justify having it with me.
- Aesthetics. I love how the 700m looks; I'm like a fake Apple user, only instead of sitting in Starbucks sipping a latte and using an iBook, I'm sitting in a Dunkin Donuts drinking decaf and working on my 700m. (joke)
- Build quality. I've played with a DV1000 in the store, and I thought it just felt a bit... flimsy. The machine didn't feel solid, the buttons looked and felt a bit hokey, and it just generally looked and felt a lot cheaper.
- Price. I ordered a refurbished 700m - Dell offers a full-length warranty on all refurbished notebooks - and it came out to a grand total of... $850. The DV1000, when specced out the same, came to at least $1050. $200 may not sound like a lot in the long run, but when added on top of the other points I've already mentioned...

I love how the 700m looks. Yes, it's smaller, but for me it's perfect. I don't need or want a desktop replacement laptop - my PC works just fine, thank you - just something I can have with me on the go. Something that's attractive, functional, and quick. The 700m fits the bill.

^ Same with me. I was trying to decide between a dozen models, but then I realized that I already had a desktop which could do everything I wanted and the point of getting a notebook was portability so I ended up choosing the 700m. However, it isn't here yet. Lets hope the purolator man knocks on my door today!

I also hope I made the right decision...

2.0 GHz
512 1 DIMM
DVD/RW
40 Gb (to be upgraded)
8-cell
XP Pro
Dell 1350 wireless
$1649

I read this forum for a week before I finally gave in and bought the 700m. It will be here Monday. I went ahead and just bought the 2.0, ouch!

Anyway, for $1649, could I have purchased a better laptop?

I looked at a Lifebook (just b/c the name sounded cool)!

i've had my 700m now for what 4 months or so now and love it still...every night when i'm lonely i touch it.

get an ipod or something if you want good speakers...laptops have sucky speakers no matter which one you get...besides if you are listening to anything on it, it is either by headphone or through outboard speakers, so do on board speakers really matter?

i'll say it again and again, figure out what you need the computer for and the features you need, then go from there. everyone is different. i wanted lightweight, did not need it to do the same thing as my desktop, etc, etc, so i chose 700m. i'm student as well. i much prefer lightweight portability over other things...i lugged around an 8lbs'er for a semester and it sucked.