I don't have a 700m myself but I'm curious to know why you need so much RAM.

more ram is great, and with such cheap prices there is no reason not to have 1+gig.
($115 for a 1 gig stick)

the 700m is a very nice little machine is yu are looking for portability and performance.

one CRITICAL note to rememeber is that 99% of the 700M laptops have a defective audio input jack. this is a hardware issue, no fix, and it renders the audio input all but useless. you can get the audigy sound card or a usb headset to make up for it but still it is a shocker that dell continues to release a system with such a blatant design flaw.

check out recall700m.com

I did not discover this until I had already received mine, its one of those things you never even think about checking because its so simple.
I called and complained for several times and at the end they gave me a $75 discount on the audigy sound card so it cost me $10 which, given I got the notebook with a $750 off coupon was not to bad.
TOtal cost for my 700m with 1.2G memory, extended battery, audigy zs sound card was $1020 including tax and shipping ;-)

THe display and form factor are very nice, I got mine with the extended battery pack for a little more movie viewing time while on the road...I mean work ;-)

Woah, you ordered a 700m with 2GB of RAM from Dell? Dell prices RAM ridiculously high. You could get the same amount for a lot less from a third-party retailer.

they said the 700m shares memory with the videocard, so thats why I got 2gb. The ram was onsale for 250 as an upgrade. If this audio thing borthers me, I'll maybe return it. I don't see any use of the audiojack yet.