*OFFICIAL* M17x Order Status Thread...

What exactly is the boxing stage? If all they have to do is put the thing in a box why is it not going to ship until the 21st?

 

Good lord I never noticed you had a NP8662 as well...I'd say I envy you having both the kings of 17' and the 15' but your also going to be the king of electricy bills soon lol.

 

Well it sure didnt help Sager that the Alienware is priced very competitive and is being backed by dell this time. So people can now buy an alienware have it repaired in there homes if need be plus transfer there warranty finally if needed as well and when you start to add all those things up along with 0 percent financing and anything else you can think of , im sure this put a decent hurting on the 9850 without a doubt.

 

Read the friggin first post lol

 

They gather the accessories and move it a bit. It ends up at the U.S. destination where it ships to you. It takes a couple days. But it should definitely ship sooner than the 21st.

 

Wrong.

Read the first post! lol

(I can do this all night )

 

I just misspoke about the testing, the rest is right.

 

Not quite/ your semi-right...lol

Read the link in the first post

 

I pretty much said everything except the 'smaller box' part. Do you enjoy acting like you know everything? lol

 

Nah, I am just messing with you guys

I just get frustrated that information is already in this thread that gets asked daily. lol

Anyway, 90% of the time spent in boxing is actually after the system is built. The transit time from the Dell manufacturing facility (whether it's APCC1/2 in Penang or Xiamen, China) to WCFC or ECFC takes about 72hrs.

 

Sleeyo Angry!!! you no read first post! sleeyo mock you!!!

replacement still in build---FAIL (sorry international ppl who got screwed)

 

lol thank you

so this is going to be my first laptop and I'm sure this is a dumb question but what can i upgrade in it later on

 

HAHAHAH!!!

Not angry, just perturbed....

Damn. I really thought your replacement would be done by now.

Sorry to hear, clauss. (at least you get to do another unboxing )

 

hey, why did you get your Alien replaced?
Your video was great and the timing perfect!!

 

The lighting went out, and no1 in the alienware tech support the creators of command center could fix it. So I get a new one. And hopefully they format my drives right, and write on the nameplate correctly this time. (not to scare you guys)


If you really want another unboxing..that would be absurd..unboxing#2!

 

The WUXGA is only backordered in the US and Japan?
On the Japanese store, when translated with the "evil google translator", got this: "Consists of four is about right now than we have time for our week long, and may be delayed. Please note I'm sorry." I understood the delayed part.
No mention of delays on the european stores.

 

OK, hope they don't mess with my nameplate. How does it feel to have owned an M17x for a few days?

How about "the unboxer strikes back" or "the return of the unboxer"

 

european Dell cares for its customers and doesnt want to do it wrong. so doesnt provide name template engraving. lool

 

When I bought my notebook in a Dell store in Tokyo, the seller warned me that "it usually take one month" BUT because of WUXGA screen B/O you're going to wait an additionnal 4 weels.

Almost 3 months he said!

But then I check my EDD and it was 22nd July while I ordered the 5th!

Don't know if it's a mistake or if they received a batch of WUXGA screen...

One thing about Japan is that there never was a "alienware Japan"...this is considered as a Dell gaming laptop here (cannot purchaze any other AW branded goods).

 

Yes the are recieving a shipment of WUXGA screens today, so that's that

 

Don't ever buy a laptop with the intention of being able to upgrade in the future, as the upgrade paths may not matarialize. Get what you need now or know you can upgrade to now. but in theory the processor can be upgraded up to the qx9300, possibly the infamous 9500 if it is anything but a rumor, ram can be upgraded, hard drives can be upgraded, video cards can be upgrade as long as it is compatible with the mxm3.0b and fits in the slots but video card upgrade paths rarely materialize though there are rumors of a ATI 4870 GDDR5 variation coming out for the M17x. If it does and it is GDDR5 it will blow away the 280m GDDR3 cards.

 

Yes it's all simple speculation... but we can hope!

 

well today is the day for new LCD's .....


I got confirmation that the lead time decreased and a new shipment is supposed to be in today

 

Yes, confirmed earlier by fastlappy.... Although the more I look at it now the more I doubt it is a different batch from the originals... given the limitations they have for screens that would work I think they stuck with the same... or maybe they just had some talks with samsung about pushing Higher quality to dell... who knows no reps will talk!

 

LOL

Dell changed the build time from 15 days to 14, but also changed the WUXGA delay from 5 to 6 days. See pic....

Doesn't make any sense cuz everything stayed the same (kind of)....

Dell also dropped the starting price by $30

 

Wait Sleey0 where did you get acess to that diagram? part of order status?

 

When your at the configurator, the ESD in red (on the right) is a link.

It will tell you the build time and any parts that are on delay and for how long.

 

configurator? lol I went to dell order status is it under here?

 

Go to Dell.com and pretend your going to buy the M17x.

Now, when you can configure options, this is called a configurator! lol

I'll even provide a direct link for ya, butters!!

 

haha lol I'm sorry, I thought that was you existing order status... configurator, ha

 

I have a theory....

I believe AW got a shipment of black chassis in today (would explain the build time decreasing).

I also think that the LCD's that were supposed to come in didn't (would explain the extra day of delays).

Just my $0.02, though

 

We'll there is a simple way to find this out... call a dell rep

 

I could get a more accurate answer if I asked my rear-end what the delays are

Dell reps are useless (unless you have an escalation manager or a rep in the states that actually knows what the heck they're doing )

Any rep you chat with or get on the phone is just going to regurgitate the same info I just got from the website.

 

not mine i got a english girl and she had just been switched so i don't think she was happy but she helped and looked it up for me ...
she was nice and knew what she was doing

 

My M17x is in Brooklyn, NY en route to me in Manhattan. It should be here in no less than a couple hours. I couldn't sleep last night, and I woke up at 6 am this morning lol... it better show up soon.

 

Tell us how bad or good the screen is and describe it in detail

 

I'll do my best! And as for benchmarking... tbh, I've never had a computer better than a crappy, old Dell desktop, so I don't really know the first thing about doing my own benchmarks. If someone has something they want tested, find me a guide as to how to do it, or just tell me yourself lol...

And is there anything I should download right away to make sure my computer is performing properly? (drivers, anything like that... i dont know)

 

Ugh...just checked my order status and it's been changed till August 10th for an EDD. Time to call someone.

 

mine hasn't changed .... Are you in the US?

 

Did you order black? The EXACT same thing happened to me. My EDD was 7/13, and on the day it was supposed to SHIP, it changed to 8/10. They did that to EVERYONE who ordered black cause the chassis is/was on backorder and they wanna cover their end of the deal so you can't complain if it's a bit late... The change is drastic and almost always incorrect, as I was told.

 

I wonder if there is anyone who ordered the first day who has yet to get theirs...

 

There definitely are some people in europe who did and are.

 

Yes. And I ordered black.

What number should I be calling to complain about this?

 

i ordered black as well....

I unno who to call i always had issues with it .. Dell phone # are retarded ... i just pick one and call it and have them transfer me

 

1-800-289-3355, ext. 2167098

That's Joey from Team Blackhawk at Dell. You'll either get him or someone who works with him. Just tell them what happened, tell them you wanna find out why, give them your order #, and they'll tell you.

 

I ordered on 06/10 (sig for cancellations)
Still waiting to see the end of the tunnel.
You'll probably get your second Alien at the same time as my first, lol.

 

Ahh, after days and days of panic I finally feel a little relief. I ordered on June 21st and got an EDD of July 17th. I was in the build stage until this morning, when I finally went into the boxing stage!

I ordered the black chassis with the WUXGA screen with a DPA online. My EDD has been the same since I placed the order.

So... hello NBR forums!

 

I didn't order the first day, but the second and I am still waiting... My original EDD was the 3rd of July, but literally a week before that date I got a letter saying that there was a system error and my EDD got changed to the 17th (yeah right). So now hopefully only one more week, but I am not getting my hopes up and expecting that it will get changed once again... By the way I reside in Canada.

 

My EDD has stayed the same also. Ordered on 6-26-09 with the EDD of 7-30-09.

 

i think i am the worst case by far. i ordered on 10th of june. yes exactly! yesterday my order was cancelled for unknown reason after one month waiting. now i have a new order id and my order is again in phase 1. edd 21 of july but i see that changing soon.