Area 51 M15X Phase 1? How Long?

So yesterday the 4/14 at 1:13 pm i had placed my order of a M15X with the following Specs below. but anyways i was wondering how long Phase 1 will take since im still on it because i want to change someparts of the computer such as the LCD, Processor, memory, dvd drive, and video card but they wont let me change it until it leaves phase 1.

Display: 15.4" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p) - Changing to the 1440x900 Clearview Display
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Blue
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8700M GT - Changing to the 8800GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz (3MB Cache 800MHz FSB) - Changing to T9300 2.5ghz 6mb Cache
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium
Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MB - Changing to 2gb
Turbo Cache Memory: Intel® Turbo Memory (1GB) – Accelerate Data Transfer Speed
Available on Windows Vista Only!
System Drive: 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW) - Changing to Lightscribe
Wreless: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Keyboard Options: AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard – Exclusive Design
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
AlienRespawn: AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD – Windows Vista® Edition

 

hi metalviperx and welcome to the forum.
just to give you a rough idea im on phase 5 and ive been there 22 days.
you will not move out of phase 1 until it has been varified if you are the card holder to protect both partys from fraud.

 

well hopefully mine will move out of phase 1 today since i spoke to alienware and verified everything. i just want it to pass that phase to change the parts, the long wait wont bother me since i still got my gateway laptop even though its falling apart on its self since it can take the heat lol

 

4/8 - I placed my order - Phase 1
4/9 - Got an e-mail regarding CC registration
4/10 - Moved to Phase 4
4/11 - Got an e-mail, that my laptop is in production - Phase 5
4/15 - When I looked up the status this afternoon it was in Phase 8. This evening I checked again and I was back to Phase 5...


This is not the first time I wait for a laptop, but this status system is the most annoying. Dell sent me an e-mail with a date, Apple did the same, even Sony managed to give out a date... But the alienware phase-game is getting on my nerves. What's the point in it?

 

now that has cheered me up,thanks milcs.

i almost forgot, hi bondi

 

if you get yours in the next 2 weeks then you are receiving a canceled order.

40 days and counting.

 

well from what i heard from people is that alienware like to take their sweet ass time but w.e i guess you gotta suffer to get something you want.

 

metalviperx, u have invited the wrath of the knight! using the "A" word around a kid isnt appropriate

 

4/8 - I placed my order - Phase 1
4/9 - Got an e-mail regarding CC registration
4/10 - Moved to Phase 4
4/11 - Got an e-mail, that my laptop is in production - Phase 5
4/15 - When I looked up the status this afternoon it was in Phase 8. This evening I checked again and I was back to Phase 5...
4/16 - Got an e-mail that says, that the laptop will be shipped in two days (it is now in Phase 8!)
4/16 - Phase 9 - Laptop sent!

I purchased laptops at Sony, Apple, Dell, Siemens-Fujitsu and Toshiba. To my surprise and against all the topics I read in this forum: Alienware was faster in termins of delivery than all the other manifacturers.

 

8 Days from 1 to 9? Wow you must have ordered in US, cause in europe we still dream of such a fast progress...

 

No, I am from Switzerland (Europe). Got my tracking number from DHL a few minutes ago

 

whats your specs?

 

Did you get the fast delivery or the standard one? I'm in Geneva and mine took 7 full days to arrive with standard delivery (Shipped Monday arrived next Monday in the evening).

 

When I ordered my laptop, I chose the fast delivery. I thought that maybe the orders with the faster delivery are given a higher priority.


Specs:

15.4" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD-Widescreen (1200p)
Alienware® AlienFX™ Systembeleuchtung - Aquablau
Original Windows® Vista Home Premium
512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8800M-GTX
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 Prozessor - 2,5 GHz 800 MHz FSB mit 6MB Cache
2 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM mit 667 MHz - 2 x 1024 MB
Intel Turbo Cache Speicher 1GB – beschleunigt den Datentransfer
HD 120 GB 7.200 U/Min (8 MB-Speicher) mit Free Fall Protection™

 

wow now I'm really jealous, ordered a week before you and I am still in phase 7 since last monday... seems they are waiting for a part, the hard disk maybe (equipped the 160GB and its not available atm)

 

I'm in Phase since the 4/4 ... and the screen is still out of stock ... I thought the laptop will first go in production when all parts are available?

 

Thats what I was thinking too, all the more was I surprised to see it get to Phase 5 and 7 with some of my parts still being out of stock! And then it suddenly got stuck at 7, which I cosidered as a quick phase that shouldn't take longer than a day or two... Well phase game is garbage, thats my conclusion now

 

Nice i have the same specs for mine other than the hard drive is 160gb but that means mine is probably going to ship as fast as yours but i doubt it because i called to change my parts so now i have to wait until dell approves the amount that im financing but atleast i can says its on phase 2... lol

 

yeah quoting myself...
seems that I have been right, the 160GB isn't on backorder anymore and my system has been shipped this mornig! weeee =)