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My guess would be they've just picked merge items from netherlands to be sent across to meet up with the rest of the order in Lutterworth

 

Its bad news from my end. Nothing since the MERGE on Saturday. It obviously isn't in the UK. Either that or one package is ahead of the other. But im surprised none of the other UK orders have heard anything either.



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I still think they're all in one container.... probably arriving tonight or perhaps more likely tomorrow

It normally goes really quickly from the point when they land... next day or day after worst case

 

My ETAs tomorrow, but only updated from departed manufacturer tonight.

 

Very likely, I'd be much happier if they just gave me an ETA, looking at N/A is a bit of a joke, and now the Dell EDD is wrong, it would be nice.

Nice! Hope you get tomorrow! Its normal from jumping from DEPARTED to being scanned at one of the UK hubs, there appear to be no WWI tracking points between the China - UK route. Did you just have QTY 1 i.e. Just the laptop, no accessories etc?








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Just the one box, it took 6 days to get to the UK, and took two minutes from being scanned into the hub to being dispatched, so I really wouldn't worry about it. Maybe a good idea to have a back up plan in terms of collecting it, as for me I won't be in all day tomorrow so I can almost guarantee I'll miss it :/

 

COULD still arrive in the UK today and get there overnight..... but agreed it's looking less likely.

I remember tracking an Apple using WWI/syncreon and I could track it every step of the way even though it was obvious it was in a container with a load of other stuff. Interesting to see it all scanned as one, passed customs as one, then split out.

So yeah, could really do with some updates soon. I still think it's a good sign that they've merge picked other items though. Surely they wont want those just hanging around for the rest of the order for too long

 

what does your tracking look like at the moment?

 

In theory, yes. But seems they haven't put on an ETA, its very unlikely.

I keep checking the internal notes on the tracking through another tracking module but all quiet there too


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Fortunately, my workplace allowed me to be flexible on the day I book off after i explained the situation








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perfect! wish mine said that LOL

So yours departed manu.facility 2 days after ours but seemingly arrived first... in a way that's could be logical if they were stacking a container, yours would be near the last on but near the first off.

hmmm.... still hoping for an update this evening

 

Mine is saying the same as hazelwood's, except mine 'shipped' on the 1st. Guess they wait until they have enough to justify sending a shipment.

 

I've got a whole monitor and Check4Chage dedicated to my tracking page, I'll know if anything happens to my order tracking tonight!





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I think Ive been pretty lucky tbh, seeing as I ordered it on the 31st. It looks like most UK orders are going to be delivered today or tomorrow so its not going to make a lot of difference.

 

That ladies and gentlemen is what we are all dreaming of seeing on our tracking!

I'm not too bothered about the order being dispatched after and being processed through Leicestershire first, I just want an ETA, likewise, I'm hoping for some activity too. As that will pretty much signal following day delivery!

 

yep great minds and all that, check4change here too with email to text alert....

 

Likewise! Though its not looking good for anything changing tonight, perhaps the chance of some activity overnight. Pretty confident I'll be tapping away on my XPS 15 by the end of the week though.

 

yeah lets hope so.... and let's not look at the owners thread where they're already talking about high pitched squeals and other problems. Let's just stay here and feel happy when we see a shipping date LOL

 

Please don't, I've glanced over that thread and thought, please don't let this machine be defective from day one! I've already experienced it once before with my XPS 15z, had a nice vertical scratch on the screen, that quickly went back and a new one sent out. How guttered I felt, I'm not going to lie, disappointed!

 

LOL

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US orders can you please check, on your order sheet/invoice for the 91WHr battery, is it 6 cell or 9 cell? Mine's 6 cell over here (australia).

 

I know right, sad and dedicated at the time!





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Im pretty sure they're all 6 cell (mine is).

 

Its a 6 cell 91 WHr battery






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I didn't pay attention to the cells, just thought big meant 91WHr and so on. Then support mentioned 9 cell and I realised this was 6 cell, he thought there might have been a 9 cell in the US version.

He's telling me that 2 to 4 hour battery life is normal, I'm not sure what to say.

 

My XPS 15z can last that long with a two year old battery. I'd challenge that. I thought they were hinting at least 4-5 hours



Some talks of the touchpad drivers causing battery drain, there is some useful info in the owners thread








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oooo changes just notified me... "New Text: ETA

13/11/2013
"

 

Beat me to it! Mine is 13th also. I just saw the Customs note (Clear Successful) appear on the internal notes section of my tracking, I use the other tracking module to see it. Then the ETA changed

 

wooohoo! fingers crossed, we're getting there!

 

We are! You were right our orders were on the same shipment, lets hope its a safe journey to Lutterworth!

 

Mines on delivery from portsmouth!

 

The XPS 15 has great specs but I can't purchase the thing with a US keyboard in Germany. Bummer. Guess that means no Dell for me.

 

Have you called them to confirm this? You wouldn't be able to order one with a different keyboard from the website perhaps, but have you tried talking directly to sales?

 

I chatted with a salesperson and I was told that I could only get the QWERTZ layout in Germany. Ordering from Dell in the US seems to be impossible (can't select a country in the order form) plus I would have to pay taxes

I was looking for a Windows alternative to the Macbook but it seems that I have to look elsewhere. By the way apple has several keyboard layout options including US in their German shop.

 

12/11/13 15:07 wwi - lutterworth order dispatched from hub.
12/11/13 15:07 wwi - lutterworth first box scanned out of hub.
12/11/13 15:06 wwi - lutterworth order complete in hub.
12/11/13 15:06 wwi - lutterworth first box scanned into hub.
03/11/13 13:15 china departed manu.facility

 

Well mine has updated to have an ETA on the 13th too... however mine is stating that its been despatched in the netherlands...

11/11/13 17:00 WAALWIJK ORDER DISPATCHED FROM HUB.
11/11/13 17:00 WAALWIJK FIRST BOX SCANNED OUT OF HUB.
11/11/13 13:50 WAALWIJK MERGE ITEMS PICKED.
09/11/13 13:31 WWI - LUTTERWORTH MERGE ITEMS PICKED.
03/11/13 13:15 CHINA DEPARTED MANU.FACILITY

I hope this isn't a mistake that they are hoping to deliver it to .nl! I am in the UK quite clearly, as the address on the order states.

 

looks fine to me.. its probably the merge item leaving the netherlands to join the rest of the order in the UK, you'll probably see "order complete in hub" later and then "order dispatched from hub"

 

fingers crossed!

 

Date Time Location Activity
12/11/13 15:51 WWI - LUTTERWORTH ORDER DISPATCHED FROM HUB.
12/11/13 15:06 WWI - LUTTERWORTH FIRST BOX SCANNED OUT OF HUB.
12/11/13 15:06 WWI - LUTTERWORTH ORDER COMPLETE IN HUB.
12/11/13 15:06 WWI - LUTTERWORTH FIRST BOX SCANNED INTO HUB.
09/11/13 13:31 WWI - LUTTERWORTH MERGE ITEMS PICKED.
03/11/13 13:15 CHINA DEPARTED MANU.FACILITY

Hurrah!

 

Mine was out on delivery at 7:00 this morning, so I think I missed it

Does anyones say if theirs has been received if it hasn't been delivered, as mine says its been received at Lincoln-BPO, but the delivery date says N/A.

EDIT: Just got a knock on the door as I posted this...

 

Looks like you were right, well almost... no order complete, but I will take it! Seems like mine is on the way too.

12/11/13 15:59 WWI - LUTTERWORTH ORDER DISPATCHED FROM HUB.
12/11/13 15:29 WWI - LUTTERWORTH FIRST BOX SCANNED OUT OF HUB.
12/11/13 15:29 WWI - LUTTERWORTH FIRST BOX SCANNED INTO HUB.
11/11/13 17:00 WAALWIJK ORDER DISPATCHED FROM HUB.
11/11/13 17:00 WAALWIJK FIRST BOX SCANNED OUT OF HUB.
11/11/13 13:50 WAALWIJK MERGE ITEMS PICKED.
09/11/13 13:31 WWI - LUTTERWORTH MERGE ITEMS PICKED.
03/11/13 13:15 CHINA DEPARTED MANU.FACILITY

 

It's increased in price on the US site to $2379 for the top model?

 

That is what I see now.

 

Man Dell sure is playing a lot of games with pricing the new XPS 15.

 

Received mine today (top spec, UK), ordered on 18th October, Shipped on 1st November. First impressions, the laptop is very good build quality. I like everything about it, the minor gripe is that not all apps are DPI aware. Photoshop UI is tiny, browsers wise Chrome does not deal well with high resolution displays. I tried Canary build with hiDPI enabled, which made the browser unusable. IE and Firefox handle them very well, Opera does a decent job with tabs, but does not enlarge the add-on buttons. Overall, very happy with the laptop.

 

Not sure which thread to post this in (this one vs. the owner lounge) so I I'll post it here as well...

Just thought I'd post my first impressions, as Ive been using it for a couple of hours now.

Scaling support is much better than expected, the only program not working great is chrome and some ones I made

Screen is fantastic, but has one downside, which is my 23" 1080p monitor looks quite fuzzy now. Glare is something I haven't noticed so its not a problem.

SSD is fast, and I don't notice any difference from my Samsung 830 pro in my main PC.

Keyboard and Mouse work as expected, as people have mentioned the very corners don't always register but Im starting to get into the habit of tapping for left click and two finger tapping for right click which works really well.

Wifi im still not sure on, I was downloading some stuff from MSDN which kept stalling half way through and sometimes Steam would go to 0 kb/s briefly. However this was once and I haven't had issues since and Im getting 5 bars signal where I usually would so I'm not too fussed.

With regards to the noise, I can hear it if I press my ear to the top of the laptop but only slightly and the laptops silent when in normal position. Its definitely not worth worrying about if its as loud as mine.

Overall very pleased, its fast, silent, runs cool and the build quality seems very good, although I think I prefer the styling of the MBP with its clean lines but its a fair bit more money so in my opinion as a mainly windows user the XPS is better for me.

 

Glad we're getting some good reports! it's a major bummer to read about problems before we even receive ours LOL

 

Its not even funny lol.. Thanks to all the UK peeps that have posted their initial thoughts. Looking forward to tomorrow

 

My tracking still hasn't updated to being at my local depot, nothing since being dispatched from Lutterworth yesterday, hopefully that's not a bad sign, I haven't received any notification from UKMail either.



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