List everyone M17x-R2 ETA

got a new date... i wanna cry ... 3/3

 

atleast u still have the thrill of "will it come 2morrow?"
i got to wait a whole month atleast! just for the thrill of "will i get cancelled next month?"

 

Any explanation as to why?

 

No, just refreshed the order status page and saw the new date.
No "order delayed, action required" email yet either...
I will ask the customer service rep that is handling my case to check what's this delay is all about but he wasn't so forthcoming with that info before so i wouldn't count on it.

 

Im sorry to hear that. Ehh Im gonna go back to making my back up Xbox 360 games.

 

What dell is doing is really messed up. If they would just be honest about these ETA times things wouldn't be such a mess. They obviously know what the demand is because of the orders that have been placed and they know whats in their inventory, so why is it they can't give us an accurate delivery date? I would rather have an honest and long production time than a short one that keeps getting bumped back

 

What get me How long dose it take them to build a computer.

I agree with you EntityX

 

Couldn't agree more. But i am trying to look at the bright side of this - i scored a cool mouse

 

Well that's the thing. I highly doubt they are building computers without screens (or any other part for that matter), and letting them sit around for two weeks because that would take up a lot of space. I think in some cases they just change the status to production to give us a peace of mind. These computers can't take more than a couple hours to build.

 

In Australia it takes around 2 weeks not including transferring it to Australia and Delivery. Lol

 

Dell had made me behave like a little kid again.
I am almost 30 years old, married and otherwise normal guy (at least i'd like to think that ) but the past 2-3 weeks i've been behaving like a little kid waiting for santa to come and bring presents.. Only he never comes!
My wife says i am obsessed and she's laughing at me each time i hit that refresh button on the order status page or on this forum.

 

Problem is we are not even sure if it the Screen. When I ask what the old up was I was told the Hard drives. But that was a few weeks ago.

 

Haha, my parents thought I was retarded for spending this much on a laptop when I received my first r2. They thought I was getting ripped off because of the hat and stickers and fancy packaging that came with it. I didn't bother explaining the fact that it was tricked out and had xfire, that would be like explaining rocket science to 2 yr old.

 

Yah that's true. When I reordered on 2/14 i was told that 1333 memory, screens and the hard drives were all on back order.

 

Well i had a chat to Dell Chat and asked if it was a Screen. (At least for Australian's Im not sure if Dell US uses the same Factory.) and he said "Once we get the 'Parts' in we shall continue production" So maybe it might be more then one part. But Im not sure.

 

I think I have all of you beat on Wait time. 6 Months of trying to repair my Other 2 laptop a M5550 and m17x. Then a Month wait for a recredit on my credit card. When I found out the R2 was comming Out I waited untel it was released and order on the 1/19/2010.

I did that just becuse the M17x R1 Had so many issues with them.

 

oh man, that's harsh

 

I been looking for ways to get out of the warrintee with out having them sue me. Or try to charge me.

 

The secret is to hit the refresh button enough times on the order status page.

Anyways my laptop should be at my house after school, today is going to be the longest school day ever....

 

what do you mean ??
just cancel your order ?
am i missing something ?

 

Hes probably trying to cancel without getting a 15% restocking fee.

 

there' shouldn't be a problem with that.
He could just call and complain that he can't wait that long and he wants to cancel. I am sure they will not make any problems

 

Hey EntityX, can you post the part number the bluray drive is using? It wasn't available from Dellienware when I ordered my M17x (which I should get today), so I am looking at ordering one. Thanks!

 

hahaha - same here

I leave firefox up with 3 tabs, this forum, my order status page and my gmail

plus my nightly call to Dell for the automated non-update

 

Let me put it this way I kinda hitting a brick wall. Due to the delays

 

LOL

That is the new "boxing" stage, hope they put the laptops in alot of bubblewrap!

 

I wish the G73 A1 was in stock somewhere, because I would cancel and order it....Its not due in until beginning to mid march.

 

I was told yesterday 2/23 that no parts were on backorder for my system, but I have heard this before. I should be getting a call today sometime to confirm this. I will let you guys know and maybe this will bring some hope.

This thread does kill time but might make things worse at the same time

 

Lemme know how it holds up with that 520, I'm very curious.

 

Sorry about that man. I just unboxed mine

Feels like heaven oooh yeah

 

Enjoy your plastic overheating toy with it's missed keystrokes and big butt I'd rather wait an eternity for a beautiful aluminum alloy system with RGB LED + Crossfire than a cheap overheating Asus.

 

when did ya order dude?

 

HARRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it I just got e-mailed from Dell my order got delayed till the 18 of March I've ordered the second of February

 

Hey guys...sorry to hear about MORE delays...I unboxed mine yesterday and I did take pictures which I will try to upload a bit later...I know I know, I promised to do this last night...but I'm getting there...I PROMISE So I have to say that this thing is a beast, it looks amazing, the RGB LED screen as all have mentioned if fantastic. And overall I must say that it beats my expectations. My only real complaint, which I'm hoping Dell will do something about, is that it does NOT include the extra drive bracket and drive connector (at least mine didn't)...I've asked Dell to see if they might throw me one, but otherwise I'll be looking to buy it. Other then that, what can I say..it's worth the wait! I know some of you have been waiting as long (or in some cases longer then me), so all I can say is hang in there...getting plenty of rest, so when it arrives you can spend the whole night gaming

 

I feel bad saying it but i ordered 9th of february
Guess there isn't alot of demand where i live.

 

That's Brutal...sorry I'm very confused with the order process, the parts process, everything else.

 

damn it, i ordered 2nd of feb and still nothing from dell, and eta is supposed to be 2/26.

 

Hmm Dells website no longer says "may delay your order" for RGB screens when you build a new pc. Maybe they got a boat load of them in?

 

congrats man! At least some of us are enjoying theirs, it means that the thing is real, and there is a chance I get it one day

 

hahaha
rep++ for the answer

 

LOL. it is real, and i hope i get it by friday.

 

by the way, how are the performances of an SSD vs an raid 0 drive, because now i have an ssd and a 500gb as a secondary, but thought if raid 0 is fast enough i'd get another 500gb and put them in raid 0. because i'm doing autocad and photoshop and 3d renderings, so i know ssd will be better for that, but 128gb ssd is just too small. -.-

 

I hope Raid 0 is good because I'm gonna be using Raid in general for the first time with this system I ordered

 

ssd beats the sh*t out of raid-0, but it comes with a price tag.

 

i see, so guess it was wise for the primary drive to be an ssd to act as a boot drive and store my project files, while the 500gb will be a media drive for games and useless program files.

 

might want to install the games on the SSD too if you want them to load faster
But the general idea is right.

 

Ridiculous...Their website is still saying the EDD is 17/02/2010. , their auto-answering machine says "the order was shipped on 7/12/1999! and 2 different reps told me 2 different dates 10/3/2010 and 21/3/2010...

 

With SSD's you want to limit the writes. So storing your games and stuff and things you want to load real quick, put on the SSD. Projects and other things where you might be saving/copying/downloading , put that on your 500gb drive.

I would even put your internet explorer cache on the 500gb HD. Less writes the better to the SSD. Let it just read like a crazy mofo

 

Shipped 11 years ago? Thats awesome! Grats!

 

right, so i should install my autocad photoshop and such programs in the ssd? so the program loads faster? but that doesnt effect when i open certain files to work on them? or am i wrong? please explain, this is my first time with ssd. be gentle.