M18x Order Status Discussion

Just placed my order:

Intel 2920XM
4GB RAM (buy additional aftermarket)
Dual 6970M
320Gb HD (which I'll replace with an SSD I have and an additional 500Gb HD)
Intel-6200 Wireless
Blu-Ray

EDD 5/27

 

Wonder how long the build phase of production takes.

 

If you're one of the first to order, build usually takes about a week.

 

After following this forum for a while and a near miss on the first batch of M17xR3s I bit the bullet.

I'm based in Hong Kong and amazed it was available here so soon after the US:

Stealth Black Anodized Aluminum
2920XM
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM (4x4GB)
Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6970M - AMD CrossFireX™
1.5TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows(R) 7 Ultimate 64bit Multi-Language (Traditional Chinese / English)
3-year Premier Service with 3-year CompleteCover
Wireless Network Card Intel Wireless 6300


There was no Wireless HD option though - keen to know where I can source an internal card

 

What was the price for this config? I am currently in HK as well but am reluctant to buy it here because its easily an extra $1000US over the canadian price with same config.

 

Seems to be quite a few people getting the 2920xm CPU. I keep flipping between that and the 2720qm. Is it worth the extra $600+?

 

You are right - it was more pricey. I only looked at US & UK as reference points though and it was inbetween. About a USD 600 premium i think (HK 43,953) - like for like . I didn't want the hassle/risk/latency of having it fed-exed via an intermediary and then getting regional cover transfered to HK (which i wasn't even aware you could do until after ordering). Fed-ex insured US to HK would also erode the potential savings.
Curious to know when it will arrive though - no estimate given unlike with US builds

 

well it was less than 24 hours after my 3rd order and im already in production again

 

3 Orders? Making your rep work hard for his money lol

 

my 2nd one was auto-cancelled. Dell didn't approve large discounts .

 

Oh damn, sorry to hear that.

 

What % off did you get to have that happen?

 

15-ish. I had EPP + financial discounts (this was a new rep + sales guy). It didn't go through though so I had to call my original rep.

Now my order just has EPP. It only saves around $110.

 

I'm looking at trading up, maybe if I can justify the price delta, but my rep is only giving ~9% (includes EPP discount) + 3% DPA. I though that was kind of lousy considering I got about 28% on my M17xR3 order, but it might not be so bad in comparsion to other M18x orders.

Still hard to justify the price delta considering my discount...what to do? what to do?

 

sell 17x r3 locally

buy m18x

 

Doesn't it go to In Production as soon as the payment is authorized? May depend on the old vs new order status system. With EPP I only have access to the old Order Status.

 

yes thats correct. i used epp and the new status is working... i think

 

Pretty sure my EPP order went straight to In Production after the money cleared from my DPA.

 

Got a free backpack and next day shipping, along with EPP, and other little discounts, $170ish off. Not too shabby.

EPP is really funny. I mean, the Dell guy was able to get me that discount just by asking what car insurance company I have.

 

It's almost like they work on commission or something.

 

Finally made the plunge and got the rig below:

1 225-0887 Alienware M18x Space Black Anodized Aluminum
1 317-6855 Intel Core i7 2720QM 2.2GHz (3.3GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
1 317-6849 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz (2DIMMS)
1 331-2428 Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter
1 320-2269 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED
1 320-2271 Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6970M - AMD CrossFireX
1 342-2627 500GB 7200RPM Solid State Hybrid
1 330-6106 Personalized Nameplate Trigger
1 331-2426 Custom Nameplate
1 313-8792 AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
1 421-5099 Alienware Command Center, M18X
1 421-1400 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp
1 420-9956 Vista PC Restore
1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1 410-0548 Adobe Acrobat Reader
1 318-0843 Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader, BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW
1 421-1305 Roxio Creator Starter
1 318-0770 Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
1 430-4150 Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 a/b/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
1 469-0549 Bluetooth 3.0
1 330-6350 Automatic Updates: Critical Updates Only
1 953-9090 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Extended Year(s)
1 953-9080 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
1 953-9110 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, 1 Year Extended
1 953-9100 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 950-3338 2 Year Limited Warranty
1 987-5271 Accidental Damage Service, 2 Years
1 421-1719 Soft Contracts Consumer Accidental Damage Agreement for Alienware
1 421-1723 Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement for Alienware
1 987-5301 Warranty Support, 1 Year Extended
1 994-3730 Warranty Support, Initial Year
1 421-1360 Steam and Portal Factory Installed
1 330-5090 Thank You for Purchasing AlienWare
1 466-8200 Plant A Tree - Notebook, Netbook, Laser and Inkjet Printers, LCD Monitor Offset
1 463-0742 Special Pricing Applied

Subtotal:

$2,951.49

That was with a 2% EPP dsicount a 2% dell preferred account and haggling 6% over the phone Did anyone else feel weird when they were asked to donate $2 to save a tree?

 

Now Dell canada offer $260 off on the m18X....$2199.99 Base model+6970m CF.+8GB 1333mhz ram 2dimm+750 GB HDD or you can add $40 to get 1600 mhz 8GB ram 4 dimm. I have to replace my order again and will add $40 to get 1600mhz 8GB ram 4 dimm.

For those who placed M18X order from Dell Canada.....may need to reorder it to get extra free ram and hdd.

For those who want the M17-R3 in Canada...Bad news...they change the price today. 3D model goes up from $1899 to $1999 and lower the cpu from 2720 to 2630....none 3D one, they also lower the cpu to 2630 but give Dell - Alienware TactX Mouse instead!

 

I see all these people getting a nice config with an XM for under $3000. How??? I built mine with one HDD, Dual 6970's, 2720, 4Gb RAM, Base wireless. Costs like 2950 or so. How y'all doing it??? My EPP is only 2% so don't tell me that. Need some help here. Ready to sell an R3 and get an M18. Hook-up anyone???

 

LOL are you kidding me. this is retarded im not ordering again >_>

dont care about a bigger hdd as i use a SSD anyway

ram is upgrade is pretty sweet but ill just buy my own kingston hyperx

 

doublepost

 

not kidding and already reorder it.....will back in production status tomorrow...I can wait for 2 more days for extra ram and hdd space

 

That's a $400 saving for me over the same spec'd US model...

 

I probably should've waited but... I couldn't resist!

System Color; Nebula Red Anodized Aluminum
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 2720QM 2.2GHz (3.3GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
Memory: 8GB 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: 500GB 7200RPM Solid State Hybrid
AlienFX: Plasma Purple
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 Surround Sound Audio
Wireless and Bluetooth: Intel® Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 a/b/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 3.0
Hardware Support Services: 1 Year Basic Plan
WirelessHD: Internal WirelessHD Technology - FullHD Video Transmitter
Standard Nameplate Trigger: Standard Nameplate

Total: $2,447.42 - $10 coupon = $2,437.42

Gotta love AAFES!

 

sigh.... i re-ordered. it saved me $200 though over the 100 before. thanks for the heads up .

$2900.08

2720QM
8GB DDR3 1333Mhz 2 Dimms
6970CF
750GB 7200RPM
Intel 6300
4 year complete care

 

1 225-0887 Alienware M18x Space Black Anodized Aluminum $4044.00
1 317-6852 Intel Core i7 2920XM Overclocked Turbo Boost to 4.0GHz (8MB Cache) $0.00
1 317-6884 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz (4DIMMS) $0.00
1 331-2428 Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter $0.00
1 320-2269 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED $0.00
1 320-2271 Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6970M - AMD CrossFireX $0.00
1 342-2626 320GB 7,200RPM HDD $0.00
1 330-6106 Personalized Nameplate Trigger $0.00
1 331-2426 Custom Nameplate $0.00
1 313-8792 AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue $0.00
1 421-5099 Alienware Command Center, M18X $0.00
1 421-1400 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English $0.00
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp $0.00
1 420-9956 Vista PC Restore $0.00
1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG $0.00
1 410-0548 Adobe Acrobat Reader $0.00
1 318-0842 Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner, DVD+-RW, CD-RW $0.00
1 421-1305 Roxio Creator Starter $0.00
1 318-0770 Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio $0.00
1 430-4150 Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 a/b/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology $0.00
1 469-0549 Bluetooth 3.0 $0.00
1 330-6350 Automatic Updates: Critical Updates Only $0.00
1 953-9080 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year $0.00
1 953-9100 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year $0.00
1 994-3700 Accidental Damage Service, 1 Year $69.00
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3 $0.00
1 421-1719 Soft Contracts Consumer Accidental Damage Agreement for Alienware $0.00
1 421-1723 Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement for Alienware $0.00
1 994-3730 Warranty Support, Initial Year $0.00
1 421-1360 Steam and Portal Factory Installed $0.00
1 430-4141 Internal 60GHz WirelessHD Transmitter $99.00

 

Great to hear that.....Don't you want to add $40 to get 8GB 1600mhz 4dimm if you only use 8GB at max.....you have 4 yrs CC to cover your ram....For me, I will only use 8GB...$40 is cheaper than buying hyper X 8GB 2dimm.

 

for me theres no point in upgrading the ram since ill have 8gb now. theres almost 0 difference in 1333 vs. 1600 so that $40 is better spent elsewhere for me. id rather have 2 dimms being used up. this way itll cost me $80 to get another 8gb and go to 16gb.

pretty sweet deal though, $460 in total savings!!!! new EDD of 6/2/2011 sucks though


btw, i have 16gb of ram in my desktop and i never use more than 4gb.

 

Thanks for the heads called my rep back he is going to reorder the system for me.

2820QM
8GB 1600mhz
6970CF
750GB 7200RPM
Intel 6200
Blu-ray
4 year complete care

 

LOL i just realized they offer seagates xt 500gb for 0+ over the 750. TIME TO CALL BACK AGAIN LOL

 

The 750gb would be better if you're going to add a SSD later on.

 

I might dual-boot. the hybrid will destroy the 750gb in performance. Plus the warranty later on might give me a better hybrid drive. I think long term when I buy AW.

 

i placed my order last night, and it was in production when i checked this morning!

 

OMG...LOL@330 Watt Power Supply!

 

Hello everyone! I have been lurking these forums for the past few months gobbling up any tidbits about the m18x. I just pulled the trigger a couple hours ago and wanted to finally register and sign in here! Looking forward to contributing to all the m18x goodness!

2720QM
6Gig DDR3 -1333
Crossfire 6790M
1TB RAID 0 500G Momentus Drives
Blu-ray
$2364.22 (through AAFES)

 

Freaking HOW?!?!?!?!?!?!?

 

While that is a good price, I dont see why you would invest in a 2920xm with a 1 year standard warranty.

Id be getting at least the 3 year plan.

 

the man knows someone or himself, that served his country.

 

I just placed my order... Can't wait I'm hoping i'm not to shocked about the size but then again I know it won't be small. Here's my order:

1 225-0887 Alienware M18x Space Black Anodized Aluminum
1 317-6855 Intel Core i7 2720QM 2.2GHz (3.3GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
1 317-6851 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz (2DIMMS)
1 331-2428 Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter
1 320-2269 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED
1 320-2271 Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6970M - AMD CrossFireX
1 342-2626 320GB 7,200RPM HDD
1 313-8791 AlienFX Color, Mars Red
1 421-5099 Alienware Command Center, M18X
1 421-1400 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp
1 420-9956 Vista PC Restore
1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1 410-0548 Adobe Acrobat Reader
1 318-0843 Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader, BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW
1 421-1305 Roxio Creator Starter
1 318-0770 Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
1 430-4150 Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 a/b/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
1 469-0549 Bluetooth 3.0
1 330-6348 Automatic Updates: On
1 953-9090 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Extended Year(s)
1 953-9080 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
1 953-9140 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, 2 Year Extended
1 953-9100 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 950-3339 3 Year Limited Warranty
1 993-8552 Accidental Damage Service, 3 Years
1 421-1719 Soft Contracts Consumer Accidental Damage Agreement for Alienware
1 421-1723 Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement for Alienware
1 993-8582 Warranty Support, 2 Year Extended
1 994-3730 Warranty Support, Initial Year
1 430-4141 Internal 60GHz WirelessHD Transmitter
1 331-2425 Standard Nameplate


2575.40 no tax free shipping

Order date: 5/6/2011 EDD: 6/3/2011

 

A sales rep told me approx. 2-3 weeks after ordering.

 

Am I the only one checking order status a few times a day hoping to see Shipped, even though it's certainly going to be a week or 2 before that happens?

 

Army and Air Force Exchange Service. only military personnel, and their families can use this.

 

Yea you are the only one :tongue:

 

yeah i got a sweet deal through AAFES as well.

Specs:
2720 QM
6970 xfire
6300 ultimate
Bluray
1 yr advanced
better sound option

for 2,248.50

 

M18x here I come! Finally made up my mind - M18x it is!

 

This is the laptop I'll be waiting for.

Overclocked 2920
6970 crossfire
4 gb 1333mhz RAM (to be replaced by 8 gb 1600 mhz RAM)
512 gb SSDs
1 year advanced warranty

I ended up with about $500 off and NBD shipping!

Ordered: 5/4/11 and ETD: 5/27/11