The Dell Inspiron 700m is basically a multimedia notebook. The Inspiron 700m comes with 1.8GHz Pentium M 745 processor and 60 GB hard drive. Inspiron 700m is 2 inches thick and has 12.1in WXGA screen with resolution 1280 by 800 pixels. The weight of the Inspiron 700m is about 4 lbs and including with adapter its only 5 lbs. The Dell Inspiron comes with DVD optical drive and writer. It uses the Intel 855GME chipset and comes with 256 MB RAM.

The casing of Dell laptops is made out of hard acrylic material which gives more protection to the body. It has fan to its CPU and it will switch on automatically whenever it is needed. The key board key are reduced to half of its original size and the touch is very smooth while using it and comfortable. There LEDs which indicates the battery status, hard drive actions and it glows green when the WiFi-technology is turned on. The speakers of Inspiron 700m are located on the left and right side below the screen.