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August 20th, 2004 15:00

****700m arrived/delivered!!!!!!!!!!!****

Can you believe it. I have in my hands a fresh cardboard box from Dell that contains my brand new 700m. The UPS man just delivered it to my work! I tracked it and it went according to schedule, next day shipped.

After waiting since 7/29, it's here!

BUT - I can't open it until I get off work and am with my wife!!!!!!!!!!!! She wants to see it for the first time with me. I'm getting off as early as I can!

I will try to have my first impressions/opinion on the 700m posted here tonight to let others possibly know a little more about it in a little review. That is if I can break away from playing with it for a moment!

I can't believe it is right here sitting under my desk! An Inspiron 700m. I want to open it so bad!!!

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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    ntmaster

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    Posted August 20th, 2004 15:00

    mine also came in. I installed my additional memory already and have booted it up to beging to clear the 'junk/extra' software off of it. case feels well put together, solid (but very light)... only thing so far I see I'll find difficult to get used to is the shiny screen. both my Mac PowerBook and my IBM Thinkpad (work) laptop have 'matte' type screen, while this one is 'shiny'... other than that it is pretty sweet!
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    pintos-n-cheese

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    Posted August 20th, 2004 16:00

    I've seen some of the shiny screen on other laptops at best buy and I really like them. I think they do make the picture llok more vivid. This is my first laptop so I don't have to get used to it really. Can't wait to open it!

    Thanks for the input.

    Enjoy!

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    Snesley Wipes

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    Posted August 20th, 2004 20:00

    Sony claims the shiny screens are some sort of "phototropic" or screen color enhancer.  It makes the colors more vivid, however, will also increase glare.
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    IllegalOperatio

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    Posted August 20th, 2004 21:00

    The shiney screen is the single factor that kept me away from this unit lol. Funny how so many different tastes there are. But the light weight was appealing.
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    BadAxe

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    Posted August 21st, 2004 00:00

    The shiney screen will provide a more vivid color experience; and glare can usually be adjusted for with minor LCD adjustements.  However, like any LCD, bright light will diminish viewing ability.
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    Snesley Wipes

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    Posted August 21st, 2004 02:00


    @BadAxe wrote:
    The shiney screen will provide a more vivid color experience; and glare can usually be adjusted for with minor LCD adjustements.  However, like any LCD, bright light will diminish viewing ability.

     

    How can glare be adjusted with the LCD?  The glare is reflecting off the outside of the screen, right?
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    BadAxe

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    Posted August 21st, 2004 18:00

    What I meant was that glare on the screen can be minized by adjusting the angle of the LCD by a few forward or back.

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    Posted August 21st, 2004 23:00

    NTMaster -

    What brand/kind of memory did you use to upgrade? My 700M shows up on Monday, and I am going to need to boost some RAM.

    Thanks.

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    ntmaster

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    Posted August 22nd, 2004 20:00

    I bought 512mb from Crucial.   free shipping, and it only takes about 2 minutes to install.
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    Posted August 27th, 2004 01:00

    Pintos-N-Cheese

    How about an update on how the 700m not that you have had some time on the machine.  Since the rest of us seem to be stuck in production your observations would be valuable and interesting to us.  How has the 700 liked your software installations, downloads, and aps. etc??

    Thanks rlambs2

     

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