M18x Order Status Discussion

Oh and:

I called the Order Status line and it said your order was shipped one... June 21st

/facepalm

 

It sure is! Almost 2 freaking months! I just unboxed it and HOLY CRAP it's HUGE!!! I won't get to really play until my SSD arrives tomorrow but I will see what this thing can do for sure right now.

 

Was Shipped in future? June 21st is first day of summer

 

Yes, somehow it shipped 4 days in the future. Where's my damn time machine when I need it?

 

Your time machine is sadly going to be shipped to you in 4 days

 

Woot, mine is shipped and out for delivery

 

You're getting it today? Nice! I *finally* got mine up and running. Flashing the firmware for my SSD was a pain (had to do it on another PC) but I'm excited to try some games.

 

Same here

Ordered 5/13, shipped 6/17, arrived 6/18 via next day business (thanks Dell for the upgrade)

 

That was quick uh , they shipped to you on yesterday?

 

SHIPPED! (the EDD WAS 6/29)

Ordered 6/13 Shipped 6/19

Estimated Delivery: 6/21

I ordered through AAFES

Super excited, just hoping I have no problems with this baby.

 

Yes, a rep had told me they upgraded it to next day delivery, and shockingly enough, they delivered on a saturday! Helps that the item was picked up by FedEx 5 miles from my delivery location

Will post pics soon once I get my SSD installed

 

Cool man, Grats for getting your beast! I still have to wait 2 more weeks...no tracking provided yet...

 

Check tracking by reference via Fedex

That's how I knew mine was going to be shipped soon, then one magical day it said they had received it

 

how do you check tracking by reference?

I ordered 5/26 and im still listed as "In Production" =(

 

Same as mine , they still making it...until they shipped out you will get tracking.

My m17x-R2 was takes about 3days to receive & a week for it to be produced.

 

Well, after waiting a couple weeks to see if a better NVIDIA solution would be released, I gave up and pulled the trigger. Here is my config (ordered through AAFES):

System Color;Nebula Red Anodized Aluminum
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 2920XM, 2.5GHz (3.5GHz w/Turbo Boost, 8MB Cache)
Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz (2DIMMS)
A/C Adapter: Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter
Display Panel: 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED
Video Card: Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6970M - AMD CrossFireX™
Hard Drive: 750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
Nameplate: Personalized Plate (Xxxxxx Xxxxxx)
AlienFX: Quasar Blue
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit
Adobe Reader Acrobat SW: Adobe Acrobat X Reader
Optical Drive: Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Sound: Internal High-Definition 5.1 Performance Audio with SoundBlaster MB Software
Wireless and Bluetooth: Intel® Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 a/b/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 3.0
Security Software: McAfee® Security Center – 30-Day Trial
Hardware Support Services: 4 Year Advanced Plan
Factory Installed Games: Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed
Factory Installed Games: World of Warcraft Preinstall Edition
Factory Installed Games: Eve Online, Factory Installed
WirelessHD: Internal WirelessHD Technology - FullHD Video Transmitter
Standard Nameplate Trigger: Thank you for Purchasing Alienware
Grand Total: $3,482.54

After market upgrades I plan on are:
2 of these: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 HyperX Plug n Play Laptop Memory Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 HyperX Plug n Play Laptop Memory Model KHX1600C9S3P1K2/8G
1 of these: Intel 510 Series (Elm Crest) SSDSC2MH250A2K5 2.5" 250GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Newegg.com - Intel 510 Series (Elm Crest) SSDSC2MH250A2K5 2.5" 250GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Maybe one of the latest Killer Wireless network cards. I will let everyone know the shipping status as it is updated. Does anyone know when AAFES actually take the money of the CC? Is it when the beast ships? Also any guesses when this thing is going to ship?

 

AAFES charged my card within a day or two after I ordered then I had to wait nearly 2 months for my M18X to ship. The holdups were the red casing and the wirelessHD card and you seem to have both of those options. Hopefully, Dell will ship yours out faster than they did mine.

 

Well, checked FedEx. Delivery exception today. Yea, no wonder, since they shipped it to the wrong city. Called Dell repeatedly before then and they said they would get it fixed. Guess it's another wait.

 

Google Fedex track by reference

Enter your order #

 

I got different color then ordereded

 

That's annoying. Call Dell and ask them to ship you a new lid.

On another note: mine shipped!! Should be here tomorrow!!!! The WirelessHD transmitter was definitely the cause of the hold-up for me.

 

It's in!!! Now time to install a whole bunch of stuff.

 

when did you place your order?

 

Are you still waiting on your laptop, Ramzal?

 

I got mine today;
I have ordered on May 6th;
Wireless-HD was the part that holds the production.
Decameron

 

Hi ya folks been lurking a bit and thought I would say hi. I ordered my M18x on the 12th, the EDD got pushed back to July 1st,( started out as the 22nd of June) so just waiting around and being envious of everyone who has recived theirs. lol.

Hmmm. Maybe its because I ordered through aafes. oh well.

 

Ordered mine on 5/31

 

Hey all !!! Finally ordered today:

Alienware M18x Space Black Anodized Aluminum
AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
Alienware Command Center, M18X
6GB DDR3 at 1333MHz (2DIMMS)
Intel Core i7 2630QM 2.0GHz (2.8GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner, DVD+-RW, CD-RW
18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED
Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6970M - AMD CrossFireX
Intel Advanced-N 6200 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO Technology
Bluetooth 3.0
Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter
500GB 7200RPM Solid State Hybrid
$2245.00 Canadian (before taxes, 2550 after) -I got a 14.5% discount through negotiations over 2 days, saved $500.00


Just want to thank many of the people here for the discussions,info, support, etc. You are all appreciated. Can't wait to continue in the community as an owner .... will need your help with the after purchase upgrades

now to camp at my front door and await delivery.

Cheers all

 

Congrats, great deal and welcome aboard

 

Got mine today, ordered 5/6

Red chassis with HD transmitter..........

 

Man....waiting that long would have killed me

I though 17 days was too long

 

awesome price and welcome to the AW18x section : ). will be happy to help with any issues.

after reading your post about the 1866 PnP ram increasing overall performance I had to order .

I also read this little review.

http://www.asusrog.com/forums/showthread.php?2503-Kingston-HyperX-1866-PnP-SODIMM-Memory

"However, overall system response has improved very nicely, plus if you play a game that tends to have microstutters on transitions and such, then you'll see that they tend to be non-existant, and you'll have a more fluid experience in gameplay."

Not sure how true is this but I can't wait to receive my kit .

 

WElcomE pal!! Clever decision. This is a beast.

And don't worry over the quality of the display, you will get over it

 

wow, I ordered mine on 5/26.. and I didn't get mine yet... black chasis but with WirelessHD transmitter..

I'm still "in production" and my EDD of 7/1 (which is what it looks like it's going to be) is 37 "In Production" days.

 

Ram - that was the same basic config as me - black chassis with WirelessHD transmitter. Weird.

 

Just landed!! Unboxing as I write this!!!

 

Well after placeing order on 12 jun with an EDD of 22 jun I called dell today and was told that my order got pushed to july 1st because of the nameplate. Having to scratch my head on that one. lol. If i wasnt so impatient this would be hilarious.

 

Pulled the trigger this eve 6-22-11
Here is the build

M18x
Intel® Core™ i7 2720QM 2.2GHz (3.3GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 64bit
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz (2DIMMS)
Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6970M - AMD CrossFireX™
500GB 7200RPM Solid State Hybrid
Intel® Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 a/b/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology and Bluetooth
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Internal High-Definition 5.1 Performance Audio with SoundBlaster MB Software
Nebula Red Anodized Aluminum
Personalized Plate = BigD
Quasar Blue
Alienhead Glow
Alienware Orion M18x Backpack - TSA Friendly

Ordered this ram from newegg
Kingston HyperX Plug n Play 8GB (4GBx2) 204-Pin DDR3 1866MHz Ram.

Thought I would give this hard drive a try.
500GB 7200RPM Solid State Hybrid

At some point I would like to install a 120GB SSD as primary drive and place 500GB 7200RPM Solid State Hybrid as drive number 2.
I can place the drives into the laptop case but I could use some advise on the process from that point on.

I would like to thank everyone on this forum for your posts have been a valuable source in making this purchase decision.

Thank You
BigD

 

Ordered as a replacement on 6/17/11. Specs in sig. They forgot the Bluray drive. On schedule w/Fedex for a 6/23/11 Priority Next Day delivery by 12:00PM. AW is sending me the blu-ray drive on 6/24/11.

When they say that replacements are top priority they mean it!!!

Update: Couldn't wait for the drive to ship to me today, so I swapped my R2's Blu-ray RW drive. Now I'm all good.

 

After calling the Dell rep. yesterday and hearing the hold up was the name tag, I checked this morning to find out my EDD was pushed again to 5 July. Have been waiting to hear back from Dell rep. as they were supposed to call me back, and just checked my order status before calling them since I havent heard anything. My order shipped today via FedEx and should arrive tomrrow. Think I'll be to excited to sleep tonight. This is my first experiance with AlienWare so hoping this machine is all it looks to be.

 

I'm jealous lol...

 

did you get the Internal WirelessHD Transmitter?

 

Nope, though it was tempting, I decieded not to as its not something that I would use that often. Pretty basic load out for the most part. Am moving from a Toshiba Satelite X205 SLi-6 with the dual Nvidia 8600M. Dual 7200 200GB HDD's/ 4GB Ram/ Vista 64 ULT. Load out for the new M18x is
Alienware M18X-- Black
i 2720
4 GB Ram (which I wll upgrade)
Dual Nvidia 460M
1TB Raid 0 SSH
Windows 7 home prem.
Standard DVD DL burner
SoundBlaster software
2 year advanced warrenty

 

just ordered today but i forgot to add the $50 off coupon code. is it still possible to use it without cancelling the order?

 

does anyone know if your order status can change to "shipped" on the weekends?

 

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think so. The best they offer is next business day, so even if it was ready on Saturday, I think they'd still wait to ship until Monday. I could be mistaken though.

 

They sent my laptop priority next day. That includes saturday deliveries.....oops I meant Priority Overnight.

 

Damn, just got another Order Delayed email.
Original order date is 5/19, first order delay was to 6/27 now it's 7/1.
I have the Nebula Red + WiHD if anyone's interested.
What's holding the order now is the red base as they got a batch of WiHD cards a couple of days ago.

 

Sounds like they're doing the same thing to you what they did to me. Waiting really sucks but you'll get it eventually and it's AWESOME!!!!!

Hang in there man.

 

Well my M18X has now landed and so far I have to admit that I am inmpressed. Havent really put it thorugh the paces yet (making the respawn backup disks) but so far this is deffinatly a wow. I feel like a kid again. lol.